- Nether Providence Elementary School
The Nether Providence Elementary renovation project is the last piece of a systematic upgrading of district schools that began with Strath Haven High School in the 1990s, then moved on to Swarthmore-Rutledge Elementary School, Strath Haven Middle School and Wallingford Elementary School.
The Wallingford-Swarthmore School Board has signed off on the basic outlines for the Nether Providence school project and has voted 9-0 in favor of the submission of the renovation plans to the state Department of Education after hearing details of the preliminary design. The renovation and expansion of the school located on Moore Road is expected to cost about $16.5 million. The goal is to but the project out for bid in January 2012.
The school currently consists of three wings, one built in 1939, another in 1949 and the third in 1964, Under the latest proposal, the 1939 wing would be torn down and the other wings would be renovated. In addition, a new wing holding a gym/cafeteria would be constructed at the back of the present structure, in an area currently home to parking. The addition would run parallel to Moore Road.
As is the case with a Wallingford Elementary School overhaul currently under way, the new addition would be built first, and conclude with the demolition of the 1939 wing.
Wallingford Real Estate – Wallingford, PA 19086
