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Upper Dublin receives six options, wide cost range for Jarrettown (Germantown) elementary modernization
Summary
Architects and planners presented six conceptual options ranging from targeted renovations to full rebuilds for Jarrettown Elementary (referred to as Germantown in materials), with price estimates from roughly $18.7 million to $70 million and timelines that could extend into the 2029–30 school year depending on option selected.
At the May 13, 2025 Upper Dublin School District Finance Committee meeting, ICS architects presented revised concepts and cost ranges for a long-planned modernization of Jarrettown Elementary School (referred to in earlier materials as Germantown/Jarret Town). The district described the building as one of the oldest in the system and in need of major updates.
ICS project manager Tim Bridal and colleagues Phil Solomon and Cody West reviewed six options that campus stakeholders and the community helped shape. The options range from targeted mechanical and systems renovations that leave existing footprints largely intact (70,000 square feet) to major…
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