Bristol Schools Meeting Video Posted
Bristol Township School District has posted the full video from last week's meeting on the proposed district revamp.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
$152 Million Plan Outlined; No Referendum Set for Bristol Schools
Bristol Township School District gave more details on a plan that could change the district. What are your thoughts? Tell us.
Bristol Township School District Superintendent Samuel Lee said the school system has no plans to place a $152.6 million purposed plan to build three new elementary schools and renovate two middle schools up for referendum. Lee’s statement was met with resistance from some residents who spoke at the nearly 3-hour-long public meeting on the plan Tuesday night. Fairless Hills resident Brian Lachewitz asked for the item to be put on the ballot for taxpayers in the cash-strapped school district to decide. He cited the hefty price tag as the reason for his request. “We can’t afford Beverly Hills schools in Bristol Township,” Lachewitz said. His statement was met with applause and cheers from the crowd of about 300 gathered in the Benjamin …
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Craig Motyka
9:52 pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The books need to be opened up every dolllar this board has handled over the last decade needs to be examined before we let theemhave another 150 million which I might add the party bosses from both rep and dems already have thier hands on... Craig Motyka Wayne Turner for school board !!!! more ›
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Future of Bristol Schools to be Discussed Tuesday
District will hold a meeting on its proposed closure and construction of new schools.
The Bristol Township School District will be holding an important meeting on the future of the school system Tuesday night in the auditorium of the Benjamin Franklin School on Mill Creek Road. Officials will be holding the public meeting to discuss plans for the district to construct three new K-5 buildings and close all nine older elementary schools. Renovations to Neil A. Armstrong Middle School and the Benjamin Franklin School, which currently acts as an administration building, are also set to be discussed. According to the district, the elementary schools are nearly filled to capacity and more space is needed as more families pop up across the district. The over $150 million project is expected to update the district’s aging schools …
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Gretchen
1:42 pm on Friday, February 15, 2013
@ Chuck Clayton, really you can not possibly be this lost. The BT Schools are old , parts can not be replaced, technology can not be upgraded, as the resident stated at the meeting on Tuesday in reference to Beverly Hills that's not what we want as resident, what I gathered from the meeting is if we continue to band aid our schools our liability for lawsuits be open . I want more secure schools … more ›
Friday, September 28, 2012
BTSD Submits Concept Plans for New Schools
The Bristol Township School Board approved submission of preliminary plans that would shutter some schools, renovate others and construct new ones.
The Bristol Township School Board approved 5-1 the submission of PlanCon materials to the state Department of Education. The district’s PlanCon packets, which were prepared by the Schrader Group, layout potential plans to construct new, larger elementary schools and renew the middle and high schools. The PlanCon submission does not mean the district has to embark on the project, estimated to have a price tag of more than $170 million dollars. The district also does not have to carry out the plans in full. “These are very preliminary plans,” Dave Schrader, managing partner at the Schrader Group, said to the board during Thursday night’s meeting. The PlanCon materials have to be presented to the state by October 1 if the district wants to …
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Debbs
4:12 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
I just finished watching this video, the only thing I can say after living and paying taxes to BTSD for 30 years is thanks for the memories. You will force me to sell my home which no one will want because it is 60 years old. more ›