Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com
Two hearings on the potential closure of two Neshaminy elementary schools will be held this week.
The closing hearing for Oliver Heckman Elementary School in Langhorne will be held Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at 7 p.m. at Maple Point Middle School, and Lower Southampton Elementary School’s hearing is scheduled for Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 7 p.m. at Maple Point Middle School.
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The hearings, which are required by law, will gather testimony from the community on the schools. The testimony will be submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Education during a 90 day period before any further action on the schools can be taken. If the board moves forward with the hearings, a vote on closing the schools could come in spring, with both buildings possibly closing by the end of June.
Heckman and Lower Southampton have been listed for possible closure on Neshaimy’s “roadmap to the future” plan for years. The closures would be part of the district’s plan to save money by consolidating schools.
District officials said the closure of Heckman will force redistricting of students. The majority of students would go to the new elementary school being constructed at the Tawanka School site in Lower Southampton and the rest will attend Pearl Buck Elementary School in Levittown.
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Heckman parents plan to protest the potential closure of the school that sits on 18-acres of land.
The Oliver Heckman PTO Facebook page has posted a community survey about the potential closing of the school. Click here to take it.
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The outlined closures of Heckman and Lower Southampton comes a year after Samuel Everitt Elementary School in Levittown was closed.
