Uphill Climb No Longer With Railing Outside William Tennent Stadium

WARMINSTER, PA —Jane Lynch always wanted to help provide easier access to people struggling to enter William Tennent High School's stadium to attend a football game or graduation ceremony.

But, the Centennial School Board member said, it was always an uphill battle.

"In life, one faces many challenges and the hill going into the football stadium is a challenge," Lynch told the board at the end of its meeting last month. "It's an open path and it's steep. I've witnessed many who kill themselves trying to get up and down the hill."

At that meeting, Lynch asked if a railing could be added "tomorrow" as long as it complied with ADA standards.

Schools Superintendent Dana Bedden said he didn't believe a railing would be an ADA issue and told Lynch he would seek a quote for how much a railing would cost.

One month later, the railing is in place.

The school board spending $12,960 cost for Flynn Co. Welding and Fabrication to install the railing outside of the high school stadium.

Lynch said she was overjoyed.

"I want to compliment Dr. Bedden and the administration," school board member Jane Lynch said. "It was so overdue. I've asked this administration for 15 years. And this was done in less than a month."

Lynch also was pleased that a sign was posted and an emblem on the ground designating handicapped access.

"You can't imagine how much this means," she said during the board's Oct. 11 meeting. "Getting this done in five weeks is remarkable."