Nether Providence Elementary School
Wallingford Swarthmore School District’s plans for the last school in the current renovation cycle, Nether Providence Elementary, have been given final approval by the Nether Providence Township Board Of Commissioners.
The commissioners, at a November 8 meeting, gave the go ahead with a 7 – 0 vote, for the renovation and expansion of the Nether Providence Elementary School facility located on Moore Road.
The project is expected to cost about $16.5 million, and calls for the demolition of a 7,432-square-foot wing at the school, which currently measures 28,269 square feet. It also will entail the construction of a 29,051-square-foot addition, bringing the new total space to 49,888 square feet. Work is expected to get underway in March or April 2012, with a targeted completion date of Fall 2013 to winter 2014.
The proposal has been the subject of review by the township engineer and planning and zoning boards, as well as the Delaware County Planning Commission, and has been granted permission to expand a nonconforming use — that is, a larger school in a residential district — and to slightly trim the size of parking spaces at the site, from 10 by 20 feet to 9 by 18 feet.
Nether Providence Elementary currently consists of three wings, one built in 1939, another in 1949 and the third in 1964. Plans call for the 1939 wing to be torn down and the other wings to undergo renovations. In addition, a new wing holding a gym and cafeteria would be constructed at the back of the present structure, where parking currently exists.
As was done during the Wallingford Elementary School renovation, the new addition would be built first. The final phase would involve the demolition of the 1939 wing.
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