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Upper Dublin board authorizes schematic-design step for Jarrettown project amid resident concerns
Summary
The board authorized project-management work toward schematic design for a potential Jarrettown Elementary School rebuild; residents at the meeting urged renovation instead of teardown and raised concerns about taxes, runoff, trees and traffic.
The Board of School Directors of Upper Dublin on Monday authorized the administration to move to schematic design for one of the Jarrettown Elementary School options under study, a procedural step the administration said is needed to develop cost estimates, site options and mitigation plans.
Superintendent Dr. Smith told the board the sketches and images shown so far are conceptual and will be refined: “The designs and things that you’ve seen for Jarrettown to this point are entirely conceptual in nature,” she said, and added schematic design will address where a building might be sited and what the impacts on trees and neighbors could be.
Multiple residents spoke during public comment and in the second comment period, saying they support facility improvements but not a teardown-and-rebuild option as…
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