Rose Tree Media School District plans to build a K-1 Early Learning Center in Middletown, giving the district full-day kindergarten for the first time, writes Denali Sagner for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Before that can happen, though, the district must get approval to build the school from the Middletown Township Council, which has concerns over traffic and development.
This is the second time the district has tried to build a new school as it takes on rising enrollment and shrinking classroom space.
The K-1 Early Learning Center would be built on district-owned land behind Penncrest High School.
New home construction has added 600 new homes in the Rose Tree-Media District in the last six years.
That means about 300 more students in the next 10 years, according to district projections.
It has already installed two modular classrooms in 2023 at Glenwood Elementary School, with two more added in 2024, and another two in 2025. There are now 10 modular classrooms being used district-wide.
Rose Tree Media is working with the architecture firm Schrader Group on the proposed K-1 Center, which has an estimated cost of $84 million, paid for by selling bonds.
Read more about the impact of a new Early Learning Center in the Rose Tree-Media School District in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
