The William Penn School District is planning a $115 million expansion to the Penn Wood High School that will reconfigure the schools in the district. “The expansion creates spaces that support a 21st-century learning environment with a focus on STEM/STEAM that we cannot currently achieve without a renovation,” district business administrator Robert Kaufmann said. The design phase is not complete, but some areas that may be included are adequately sized science labs, makerspaces, vocational spaces, audio and visual spaces, such as a TV studio/podcasting studio, larger spaces for music and arts, a large business center, a gym that can support a PIAA tournament, and a larger cafeteria to accommodate additional students. In addition, renovations are planned for the school on Cypress Street, which now houses ninth-graders. That project would occur from April 2025 through August 2027, costing $28 million to $34 million. At the conclusion of the Penn Wood expansion, the ninth-grade students will move into the high school at 100 Green Ave. in Lansdowne, the ninth-grade building will switch to a sixth- through eighth-grade school, and sixth-grade will be moved out of elementary schools to Penn Wood Middle School in Darby. Read more in the Daily Times.
Source: Daily Times; 6/2/2024