New $125M Keith Valley Middle School Debuts

HATBORO / HORSHAM TOWNSHIP, PA — The new $125 million Keith Valley Middle School is now officially open.

After years of planning and construction, the doors opened on Tuesday for the first time as students returned to classes in the Hatboro-Horsham School District.

The new Meetinghouse Road school replaces the old Keith Valley Middle School, which was built in 1957. The new school cost $124,894,030 and was built behind the old school..

Residents will be allowed to tour the new middle school, with the second tour scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27. The first tour took place on Friday.

Meanwhile, the school district wrapped up open houses at the school this past week for students and their families. The open houses were also held in elementary schools.

Students had the chance to meet their teachers, explore their classrooms, and start building connections for the year ahead.

"The energy was incredible, from KV ambassadors proudly guiding families through the new Keith Valley to teachers welcoming their students with smiles and excitement," school officials said.

The new school year started on Tuesday for students in grades K-9. Grades 10-12 begin classes on Wednesday.

Demolition of the old Keith Valley Middle School is scheduled for mid-September, with completion by mid-December.

After years of studies, a new school was considered the best of several options when the school board voted on the project late last year.

Studies went back as far as 2008, prioritizing the project as high level. School officials said further studies over the past decade placed the middle school at the top of the list of school projects and that the process intensified before the project was approved over the past 18 months through various meetings, proposals, and hearings.

The school district hired Schradergroup Architects to design the building, and D’Huy Engineering to provide construction management services.