Credit: Neshaminy School District
The Neshaminy School Board voted 5-2 Tuesday evening to approve a redistricting plan that will go in effect if Samuel Everitt Elementary School in Levittown closes in June.
Board members John Allen, Susan Cummings and Tony Sposato voted for the plan along with Vice President Irene Boyle and President Scott Congdon. Members Ron Rudy and Mike Morris voted against redistricting.
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The plan, titled “Option 4,” would split the students between Walter Miller, Pearl S. Buck and Albert Schweitzer elementary schools. The majority of the displaced Everitt K-4 students would be redistricted to Miller, which the district said would see a “significant increase of students” but would continue to be “below building capacity.”
With the redistricting, Miller would have 436 students, Buck would have 388 and Schweitzer would have 424, according to estimated numbers from Neshaminy.
The board is expected to vote on closing Everitt at their March 17 meeting, district spokesman Chris Stanley said.
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Neshaminy is currently in the process of laying out a consolidation plan that would close Everitt, building a new elementary school at the Tawanka School site in Lower Southampton and renovate several buildings. The plan is expected to save money for the district, however, critics of the plan disagree.
Going forward, the district would likely act to close at least two other elementary schools and refurbish more buildings.
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Board members and district officials have stated if Everitt is closed the Bucks County Intermediate Unit, which currently leases the Tawanka building, has issued a letter of intent to use the school located on Forsythia Drive South.
