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Jenkintown SD will fund playground demolition; Legacy Park campaign needs roughly $400,000 to reach bid deadline

Jenkintown SD · January 12, 2026
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Summary

The board approved adding playground demolition as a district capital project and heard public pleas to finish Legacy Park fundraising by an April 7 bid deadline; speakers said the campaign has raised about $1.13 million of a $1.5 million goal.

The Jenkintown SD board approved a plan to move forward with removing the district’s existing playground structure and to classify that removal as a district capital project. Presenter (Speaker 3) said the district will assume responsibility for demolition and noted that the playground must be removed regardless of how the Legacy Park project proceeds.

Presenter (Speaker 3) said staff solicited three…

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