At a recent Rose Tree Media School Board meeting, the public got a first look at the site plan for the full-day kindergarten and first-grade center off Rose Tree and Middletown roads near Granite Run. David Schrader from the Schrader group, an architectural and engineering design firm, said a preliminary feasibility plan of the site looks “like a pretty good opportunity and should bear some fruit for the district.” Initial plans call for a 121,000-square-foot building on a 60,000- to 70,000-square-foot footprint at a cost of $78 million to $85 million. Schrader went over enrollment projections, which show continued increases in first-grade students, with the highest year being the 2028-2029 school year with a projection of 660 students. He said a full-day kindergarten would push that toward 750 students. Schrader said officials have met with PennDOT and are in contact with Middletown Township and the township is planning to change the zoning on the property. If zoning and conditional use issues are resolved, construction could begin in June 2026, and the district could move into the new facility in December 2027.
Source: Daily Times; 2/8/2025