Schools

New Keith Valley Middle School Officially Dedicated

The new school in the Hatboro-Horsham School District opened to middle school students in September.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held last week to christen the new Keith Valley Middle School.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held last week to christen the new Keith Valley Middle School. (Tim Schultz)

HATBORO / HORSHAM TOWNSHIP, PA — The new Keith Valley Middle School has been officially christened after its opening last month.

The new $125 million middle school on Meetinghouse Road replaced the old Keith Valley Middle School, which was built in 1957. It is located right behind the old school.

School officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony late last week to officially dedicate the state-of-the-art building.

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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.

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

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

(Photos Courtesy of Tim Schultz)

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