Schools
$35M Bond Approved By Phoenixville Area School Board For New School
Construction is underway for a new Elementary School in East Pikeland Township.
PHOENIXVILLE, PA —The Phoenixville Area School Board this week approved s $35 million bond to finance the construction of a new elementary school.
The bond will be paid over 15 years, officials said. A new elementary school is under construction at Hares Hill Road, East Pikeland Township.
The school approved the construction of a fourth elementary school to alleviate overcrowding in the middle school and to support a projected increase in students.
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The school administration and board are reviewing a proposal to move the sixth grade to elementary schools and change the boundaries of the elementary schools.
Dr. Alan Fegley, the superintendent, said he anticipates the administration will have a specific recommendation for boundary changes by June.
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The district has three elementary schools, Barkley, Manavon, and Schuylkill; a middle school; and a high school.
The district covers 22 square miles and consists of the borough of Phoenixville, and East Pikeland and Schuylkill townships. It has 32,000 residents.
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