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Sarasota News Leader February 22, 2013 Page 48 Those comments came during the board���s The interior features on which the county letmorning workshop, which preceded the vote ter focused are a ���floating��� walkway, linear on Building 4 during the regular board meet- light wells and steel doorframes. ing that afternoon. Referring to the County Commission, Kovach A Feb. 13 letter from the County Commis- said, ���Though they can���t get their own house sion irked the board members as well, as evi- in order, [they] want to stick their nose in our business. And they can���t even seem to run a denced by further comments. purchasing department. As you can see, I���m On a 4-1 vote, the County Commission ap- just a little aggravated over this.��� proved a letter to the School Board that said, ���To insure that the unique architectural fea- Kovach was referring to the 2011 scandal intures of this nationally designated historic volving employees in the county���s Procurestructure are preserved, we request that the ment Department. School Board direct Harvard Jolly Architects ���It was incredibly disrespectful to us as a to revise their plans [for the interior].��� School Board and incredibly inappropriate for one governmental agency to tell another govCommissioner Carolyn Mason signed the letter ernmental agency how to in any way conduct in her capacity as chairwoman, but she voted their business,��� added Zucker. against sending it, telling The Sarasota News Leader she worried about the School Board Preservation efforts at Southside Elementabeing asked to shoulder higher costs for the ry School and Bay Haven School for Basics campus renovations. Moreover, as a mentor Plus ��� both in Sarasota ��� show the School at Sarasota High, Mason said she understood Board���s willingness to save historic structures, the need to do what was best for the students. added Todd. Building 4 on the Sarasota High School campus is an example of Paul Rudolph���s designs in the Sarasota School of Architecture. Photo by Norman Schimmel