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Board president Colleen Bussard said the board’s priorities include ensuring future uses are “viable for the communities” that host the properties, do not impose ongoing costs on taxpayers, and preserve community value. She said the board committed that “the buildings are not going to sit empty” and that proposals should demonstrate how a property would benefit the community while maintaining fiscal responsibility to district taxpayers.

The board asked that proposals include plans for continued community use where appropriate and emphasized that any transfer or partnership would be evaluated against the district’s criteria, including minimizing taxpayer cost and ensuring long-term stewardship of facilities and athletic fields. Members discussed that Mount Holly Springs and LaTorte parcels include athletic fields and other outdoor assets that are important to local recreation; the board said those assets will be considered in any proposal review.

Board members and a number of community members who have been organizing locally said they are preparing proposals. One board member reported work with Mount Holly Springs officials and college students to help develop a local reuse plan and encouraged the municipality to submit a formal proposal. The district also said administrative staff and the solicitor will guide the formal process, and that proposals will be evaluated publicly and against written criteria the board published during the meeting.

What’s next: the district will post the property maps and the criteria in its agenda manager so prospective partners and community organizations can prepare proposals. The board indicated it will require written proposals, will evaluate them under the published criteria, and will not transfer properties without a formal process and board approval.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Committee Board Meeting, Thursday October 2nd, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Carlisle Area School District board published evaluation criteria Thursday for proposals to reuse LaTorte and Mount Holly Springs school properties if those buildings are closed.","taxTitle","Carlisle Area SD, School Districts, Pennsylvania","taxId",38398,"location","Pennsylvania","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6429303,"Carlisle Area School District presents site, traffic and cost plan for proposed middle school; Act 34 hearing to be scheduled",3892,99000,3991000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5871608-63ba9ff7275cb6f3962dc2e41d91c71a&start=99&end=3991","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5871608-63ba9ff7275cb6f3962dc2e41d91c71a/thumbnail_99000.jpg","/articles/6429303/Pennsylvania/Carlisle-Area-School-District-presents-site-traffic-and-cost-plan-for-proposed-middle-school-Act-34-hearing-to-be-scheduled","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6429303-9056cd82a844c149d0b6383649e4c14f/orig.mp4?Expires=1775113459&Signature=IruQCFp8wB3wbDqeZ4~wjfMRTPybOGn9Iseti9CBG25xEZV43h-0bW8J6T18YOitTF4znhO82NhdJvhjw96snW7QpNuQhvGF-y4-m5DGNAevL-P1mUW5Ae38BdsJ9LXj-PnZFmqZkf0xtkx~X0bwWuo7Np2rk2P9XXJn2DElUC6Nyo3iq6ddX84M5BxGCiGGwskuyuvOYlOwbIKAd54rhMNY93-dOrVY5haWoIo4TMv8URMgzn9ihEcaCEqScfvD3NfJ2JaNxLFfNl2avjE4UWDRxUzdQySb3amy8KD39oPGUpH8U-zy1GdYZ23tqEi~w2pCESzqHrGZ5Qm89ODl9w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Carlisle Area School District architects on Thursday outlined a proposed site plan, traffic improvements and cost estimate for a new middle school they propose to locate on the athletic fields between Wilson and the Turnpike.

The plan places the main entrance to the school facing east, separates bus and parent drop-off with a dedicated bus loop and a longer parent queuing loop, and preserves at least one recreational field to replace the three existing fields. Traffic consultant Jared Veil of Traffic Planning and Design (TPD) recommended two roundabouts—one at the Wagner’s Gap Road intersection and a second internal roundabout—to calm speeds and separate bus and passenger vehicle movements on campus.

The architects presented a total, all-in project estimate of about $98,000,000 for the middle-school program, which the team described as including building construction ($61,000,000), site work (about $7.5 million), and a $2.5 million allowance for the Wagner’s Gap roundabout. Scott Cousin of Crabtree Roebaugh & Associates said the district’s campus improvements subtotal is roughly $80.8 million and campus-wide site work is about $4.6 million; the all-inclusive total shown to the board was $98,000,000. Grace Hyland, senior project manager with Crabtree Roebaugh & Associates, said, “When you include the project soft costs, fees, and furnishings and equipment ... the total is $98,000,000.”

On safety and operations, TPD’s Veil told the board that roundabouts are intended to both increase capacity during peak school periods and reduce crash severity: “There is a 75 percent reduction in injury crashes” after construction of a roundabout compared with a signalized intersection, and “a 30 to 40 percent reduction in pedestrian injuries,” he said. Veil also said roundabouts tend to increase intersection capacity by about 30 percent compared with traffic signals for the brief, high-concentration peak periods typical of school drop-off/pick-up.

Architects said the design places noisy, high-activity spaces (auditorium, gyms, loading) toward the Turnpike and orients the two-story academic wing away from traffic. The team confirmed acoustic design work is under way and that a vegetated berm will be installed along the Turnpike to help with visual and noise buffering.

The board president, Colleen Bussard, told the public the next formal step is administrative: at the board’s regularly scheduled meeting next week the board will be asked to approve issuing the public notice and the Act 34 booklet required by Pennsylvania’s school construction review process. The project team explained the Act 34 process to the meeting: the district must publish a booklet that describes options considered, a cost breakout and a maximum building construction cost that is used to compare bids; the firm said the Act 34 “maximum building construction cost” being proposed for the middle school portion is $76,500,000. The architects cautioned that if bids exceed that maximum by more than the statutorily allowed margin the district may need to hold a second Act 34 hearing.

Timeline and approvals: the architects said design documents are moving from design development into construction documents and they expect to advertise the middle-school project for bid in January–February of the next calendar year, with a target of opening the new middle school in 2028. The Wagner’s Gap roundabout will require a PennDOT highway-permit process (scoping, traffic study, design) the team said could proceed in parallel and take longer than municipal permitting; the team proposed splitting the PennDOT work from the district’s site permitting so construction can proceed on schedule.

Board members and residents raised questions about construction staging, athletic-field relocations, stormwater management and pedestrian connections; members of the public asked about roundabout sightlines near the Turnpike bridge and about whether PennDOT would accept a roundabout at the proposed location. The project team said PennDOT typically requires a scoping meeting and that the agency asks districts to evaluate roundabout alternatives before defaulting to signalization. Jared Veil said approach geometry and deflection will be designed to reduce approach speeds from higher travel speeds down to about 20 mph at the roundabout.

The presentation also covered building program features: an auditorium (approximate seating cited at about 500), two gyms divided by an operable partition to create larger event space, a cafeteria adjacent to the commons, a two-story academic wing with grade-level separation and an area reserved for future classroom addition. The team said classroom, mechanical and site design decisions have been coordinated with program supervisors and department chairs.

What’s next: the board will be asked at its next regular meeting to approve publishing the Act 34 notice and booklet for the middle-school project. The architects and traffic consultants will continue with construction documents, municipal land-development approvals and PennDOT coordination.","Architects presented a site plan for a new middle school located on the athletic fields between Wilson and the Turnpike, showed traffic changes including two roundabouts on Wagner’s Gap Road, and gave a near-$98 million total project estimate. The board will vote next week to schedule the Act 34 public hearing and publish the required booklet.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6429299,"Moreland Elementary redesign would move bus operations off Wilson Street; district plans Act 34 hearing in January",874,2601000,3475000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5871608-63ba9ff7275cb6f3962dc2e41d91c71a&start=2601&end=3475","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5871608-63ba9ff7275cb6f3962dc2e41d91c71a/thumbnail_2601000.jpg","/articles/6429299/Pennsylvania/Moreland-Elementary-redesign-would-move-bus-operations-off-Wilson-Street-district-plans-Act-34-hearing-in-January","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6429299-33fc7278f0fed83ff90d937b25864fdd/orig.mp4?Expires=1775113459&Signature=ZMSq9Syo-a41tKL1r8ooKIpEx0VRUldVZeZRRxwaTtiOnwx5k80~SAr2C0BmvyfJErfk1p9BG8ooTLcrCMu6DheFuxi1qDMq612A1mDNT1ZYViKmjkRRRUdxAsDAtnqxj5dZLLXU7CCsZrsUAASmLhS7flJfKoVvu2SivMj8e0br1w2kV6u~6R5owF-QIioipTjZzn7yKkEN4Zj8O0~NylJBDTH0wpBLmKk2YN1d~M4Ms6iMqqLH~2JMUqzvumAj8U6TEbnXmKc2khEDaib-B2nOJXDR1OMLr1ntzjfq--Gvm3wavEQkhmcfqrzNZwQsI94YDrw73BEIP43q2gVs6A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","District architects described a phased renovation and addition to Moreland Elementary on Thursday that would reconfigure the site to remove bus queuing from Wilson Street, add a parent drop-off on Moreland Avenue and create a new cafeteria, library and classroom wing to replace existing modular classrooms.

Justin Doty, the civil engineer on the project, said the existing north parking lot would be repurposed as a bus-only and delivery lot so buses would no longer line up on Wilson Street. Doty said the parent drop-off lane would instead use an entry on Moreland Avenue with a long queue and a pedestrian walkway connecting to the school.

Architect Grace Hyland described the building changes: a new cafeteria and kitchen addition, a new library, art and music spaces, third-grade classrooms in a new wing, and a reconfigured front entrance that preserves the secure vestibule added previously. She said the plan keeps the existing gym as a dedicated gym space and reassigns adjacent areas for small-group and faculty spaces.

Cost and schedule: the team presented an all-inclusive project estimate for Moreland of about $14,300,000, which Hyland said includes construction, project soft costs and furnishings. The architects said they have completed schematic design and expect to hold the Act 34 public hearing for Moreland in January; one project timeline shown to the board intended to bid Moreland next year so construction could finish before the new district-grade reconfiguration (the team suggested the Moreland renovation could be completed in 2027 under the proposed schedule).

Site and neighborhood concerns raised at the meeting included maintaining neighborhood recreational uses (tennis courts and a small league field), protecting property-line buffers for adjacent homes, and whether the bus lot can accommodate peak morning operations without causing Wilson Street backups. Architects said they planned bump-outs and other traffic-calming measures on Wilson and worked with Carlisle Borough on crosswalks and pedestrian safety; they said the bus-only lot design includes space for multiple bus stalls and that, in some scenarios, buses might still queue on Wilson but the project will not increase existing congestion.

Head Start and early-learning space: the Moreland plan includes a dedicated Head Start classroom with a separate controlled entrance. Board members asked whether additional pre-K/Head Start capacity could be added now rather than later; the architects and administration said classroom assignments could be adjusted but the current schematic provides one Head Start room and one classroom labeled unassigned to preserve flexibility.

What’s next: the district and architects plan to advance design development and schedule an Act 34 hearing in January; the team encouraged interested residents to review the presentation materials posted to the district’s agenda manager and to attend the public hearing and comment periods.","Architects outlined a Moreland Elementary addition and site redesign that reroutes buses into a new bus-only lot, creates parent drop-off on Moreland Avenue, and estimates an all-in project cost of about $14.3 million. The team said an Act 34 hearing for Moreland is being planned for January.","actionData","errors"]

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Board publishes criteria for reuse of LaTorte and Mount Holly Springs properties; public proposals invited

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Moreland Elementary redesign would move bus operations off Wilson Street; district plans Act 34 hearing in January