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District outlines short‑ and long‑term plan for rising enrollment; Deer Path purchase part of strategy
Summary
Superintendent presented a multi‑year plan to address enrollment growth — including purchase of 4401 Deer Path for temporary space, a planned new school on Stanley Drive and programs to generate revenue — and gave a proposed renovation timeline and occupancy target of fall 2026.
Susquehanna Township School District officials presented a multi‑part plan Monday to address rapid enrollment growth that has pushed the district into temporary trailers and overcrowded classrooms.
The superintendent told the board the district has grown from about 2,600 students in 2017 to more than 3,100 today — a roughly 19% increase — driving the need for 20 temporary trailer classrooms and prompting a multi‑pronged strategy involving a short‑term facility purchase and a planned new school.
Administrators said the board-approved sale agreement for 4401 Deer Path Road (an office building near Thomas Holtzman Elementary) appears on the meeting agenda as part of the short‑term plan. Deer Path, district staff said, would…
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