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Architects outline Green Village campus plan, say PennDOT permit is critical
Summary
Crabtree Wuerbach architects and district staff presented a schematic master plan for the Green Village campus (K–3 and 4–6), citing a required PennDOT Highway Occupancy Permit, a projected 90% target capacity of roughly 2,291 seats, and a fall timeline for schematic completion ahead of a spring board resolution to authorize project cost limits.
Crabtree Wuerbach architects presented the schematic master plan for the Green Village campus on Aug. 5, saying the design is driven by an educational program and a multi-step engineering review that must include a highway occupancy permit from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
At the Committee of the Whole meeting, lead architect Anthony (Crabtree Wuerbach) said the team has completed site surveys and is beginning geotechnical work and a solar-feasibility study. “For this project, we are going to need a highway occupancy permit from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation,” he said, adding that a civil-engineer meeting with PennDOT is scheduled in September and that PennDOT-directed traffic counts (to be done once school is in session) will determine whether stop signs, traffic lights, roundabouts or road widening are required.
The architects described a campus that includes clustered academic wings, separate parent and bus circulation to avoid vehicle mixing, dedicated play areas and flexible fields. Using a five-year enrollment projection plus a 10% buffer, Anthony said the design target is roughly 2,385 planned seats and an operational target set at 90% utilization, or about 2,291 seats, leaving a modest buffer for growth.
The team also described a multiuse black-box theater: a large flexible assembly space sized roughly like a basketball court with removable seating and approximately 900 seats (including handicap locations). Anthony said the design prioritizes flexibility over a traditional auditorium and will be refined in the next design phase.
Schedule and next steps: schematic design is expected to wrap this fall with a preliminary cost estimate to follow. The architect said the district would likely seek a spring board resolution authorizing maximum building construction costs and total project cost before proceeding to construction documents and bidding; PennDOT approval is on the project’s critical path.
Board members pressed the team on traffic and proximity to existing intersections; Anthony responded that traffic-count results will drive final mitigation and that township and county land‑development reviews could also require design changes. The administration confirmed more detailed engineering and community outreach will follow before any final site decision.
The presentation concluded with the architect’s recommendation to finalize the educational program and complete remaining engineering (stormwater infiltration, utilities, and civil permitting) before advancing to cost authorizations and construction documents.
