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Jenkintown School District studies adjacent church property for classrooms, preschool and mental-health space; church seeks to add affordable housing
Summary
The Jenkintown School District held a town-hall with Salem Baptist Church to explore using church-owned land to expand school facilities — including classrooms, a tuition-based integrated preschool and a counseling suite — while the church said it wants to build subsidized housing. District leaders said the idea is exploratory, funding would rely on grants and donations, and no land has been purchased.
The Jenkintown School District convened a public town-hall to solicit community feedback on a potential project involving property owned by Salem Baptist Church that could allow classroom space, a tuition-based integrated preschool and a mental-health counseling suite, Superintendent Dr. Jill Tacos said. The district and church described the concept as exploratory and emphasized that no land purchase or formal votes have taken place.
Pastor Mitchell of Salem Baptist Church told attendees the congregation is considering how to respond to an aging church building and countywide shortages in subsidized housing. "Salem wants to build additional units of subsidized, affordable, veterans, and workforce and specialized housing," he said, framing the effort as an attempt to…
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