Neshaminy School District

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Neshaminy School District
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Address
2250 Langhorne-Yardley Road
Langhorne
, Pennsylvania
United States
District information
TypePublic
Established1950
Enrollment9,037 (January 2020) [1]
Other information
Website neshaminy.org

Neshaminy School District is a school district headquartered in Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. [2] [3]

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The district serves the eastern Pennsylvania municipalities of Middletown Township, Langhorne, Langhorne Manor, Penndel, Hulmeville, and Lower Southampton Township all in Bucks County. Students from the Middletown divisions of Levittown also attend these schools.

Neshaminy School District encompasses approximately 28 square miles (73 km2). According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 69,638. Per Neshaminy School District documents, as of January 2020 the Neshaminy School District provided basic educational services to 9,037 pupils. [4] Full-day kindergarten in all elementary schools was added starting in the 2014–2015 school year. [5]

The Neshaminy School District serves a large and diverse population. Students comprise many different racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds. District residents represent a wide range from lower-middle-class to highly affluent.

History

The first public school in the area was established in Langhorne in 1836, and the district as it is known today was formed in 1950 by a conglomeration of smaller municipal districts. [6]

Many Neshaminy facilities were constructed during the 1950s and 1960s following the development of the Levittown community at the southeast portion of the district. In 1975 a second high school was added (Maple Point) but was closed in 1982 [7] and later converted into a middle school following a renovation project completed in 1993. Eisenhower Elementary School and Neshaminy Middle School were closed and the properties sold. [8] [9]

In June 2006, the Neshaminy School District began a massive $82 million renovation of Neshaminy High School, which was originally constructed as a combination high school and junior high school in the 1950s. Much of the original structure was demolished and completely rebuilt. The auditorium, 2 gymnasiums and circular library media center were all pre-existing but received extensive renovations. New classrooms, science labs, music rooms, tech education rooms, offices and common areas were added along with new parking lots and an expanded bus loading area.

In 2015 the district started a three-phase "Road Map" project to update older buildings, close three elementary schools to account for excess capacity (Heckman ES, Lower Southampton ES and Everett ES), and construct a new elementary school on the site of the old Tawanka Elementary School, which was demolished. Significant upgrades to several existing buildings (Sandburg MS, Poquessing MS, Ferderbar ES, Hoover ES, Miller ES and Schweitzer ES) were completed with funding from the federal Guaranteed Energy Savings Act including air conditioning, energy-efficient windows, roofing, lighting and other electrical upgrades. Additional upgrades included security features and online visitor registration kiosks. [10] The final phase of the Road Map project was completed in August, 2017. [11]

In September 2015 the fifth grade, formerly at elementary schools, was moved to middle schools. [12]

In August 2023, as part of Neshaminy's roadmap plan to create a new elementary school next to the Maple Point Middle School, the school board voted to name the building in construction to Core Creek Elementary School, taking the name from Core Creek Park next to the property.

Schools

The schools in the district are as follows; all elementary schools contain grades K–4, all middle schools contain grades 5–8, and Neshaminy High School contains grades 9–12.

Former schools:

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References

  1. ↑ Neshaminy School District BoardDocs, January 2, 2020
  2. ↑ "Contact Us". Neshaminy School District. Retrieved 2021-04-05. Administrative Offices 2250 Langhorne-Yardley Road Langhorne, PA 19047
  3. ↑ "Zoning Map". Middletown Township . Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  4. ↑ Neshamniny BoardDocs Enrollment Totals, January, 2020
  5. ↑ "Neshaminy to launch full-day Kindergarten in elementary schools, scraps home economics courses". 30 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "About Us / Overview".
  7. ↑ "1975-1982 Maple Point Cougars". Archived from the original on 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
  8. ↑ "Former Neshaminy Middle School sold to St. Mary Medical Center for $6.6 million". 30 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Settlement on Former School Pending". 3 September 2013.
  10. ↑ "Neshaminy School District" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  11. ↑ "District Newsletters / August 2017".
  12. ↑ "2015-2016 Road Map Update" (PDF). Neshaminy School District. March 2016. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  13. ↑ Beans, Bruce (1982-03-30). "A $10M project that was late for class". Philadelphia Daily News . p. 24. - Clipping at Newspapers.com.
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