A decision from Keystone Oaks school board about a proposed Kelton Field location for the much-debated Pitcher Park Memorial Skate Park is still months away, said Jim Cromie, a district spokesman.

"Anything that comes from any of our residents, we take seriously and we'll look at, but we haven't had time to look at this specific project at all. It won't be a prompt decision by any means," he said.

Mary Pitcher, a former Dormont resident now living in Scott, wants a skate park built to honor her two sons, who died in a drowning accident last year. The Pitcher brothers -- Stephen, 19, and Vincent, 21 -- were enthusiasts of the so-called extreme sports, such as skateboarding and BMX biking.

The Kelton Field location for the skate park is the brainchild of Dormont Mayor Tom Lloyd, who first proposed the site at a borough council meeting in August, as an alternative to the proposed Dormont Park location near Memorial Drive.

Mr. Lloyd said he initially floated the idea to Keystone Oaks School District Superintendent William Urbanek over a routine lunch date of Dr. Urbanek and mayors of the thee towns that make up the district -- Castle Shannon, Dormont and Green Tree.

Dr. Urbanek asked Mr. Lloyd to have Mrs. Pitcher submit a proposal for the school board's consideration.

Last week, Mrs. Pitcher submitted a proposal to the school board to, "build and donate to the Borough of Dormont/Keystone Oaks School District an admission-free community skate park to be constructed on Kelton Avenue on the land now commonly known as 'Kelton Field' to be used by skateboarders, bikers and bladers from Dormont, the surrounding communities and visitors to the park for many years to come and to memorialize Vincent & Stephen Pitcher."

Mrs. Pitcher's original skate park proposal, which specified two locations on borough land -- one in Dormont Park about 240 feet from homes on Memorial Drive; the other on Banksville Road, in place of some borough tennis courts -- was defeated by a 5-2 Dormont council vote on Oct. 5.

The land specified for this latest proposal is solely under the school district's jurisdiction, and is not affected by Dormont council's prior decision. Funding for the park would come from donations.

Mrs. Pitcher is skeptical that the new proposal will work.

"Personally, I don't know that it would happen there because they use that field for soccer for children, although it'd be perfect," she said. "I've been told that the school may be willing to give [the land] to us because they owe [the borough] land from another deal that they made."

That deal, as explained by Mr. Lloyd, involved a promise made a decade ago by a previous superintendent to replace a baseball field that was lost when the borough allowed the district to construct Dormont Elementary.

Mr. Lloyd said that he plans to speak with members of the school board and hopes that they will give Mrs. Pitcher's skate park proposal adequate consideration. But he is unsure if the promise of the previous superintendent still carries any weight.

Mrs. Pitcher said she is still keeping her options open with the borough and intends to give her proposal to the borough's planning commission.

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