Convinced that the leadership battles between board and superintendent were creating a crisis for the Pittsburgh school district, three major local foundations announced that they were indefinitely suspending all funding to the district. Citing a decline of leadership, governance, and fiscal discipline, the three foundations, which together have awarded the district $11.7 million in the last five years, said they hoped their decision would catalyze community leaders to push for changes in how the school district is managed. "Foundations yank city school grants," by Carmen Lee and Jane Elizabeth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 10, 2002.
