2 Architect Finalists Named For New Pennsbury High School

FALLSINGTON, PA —The Pennsbury School District has named the two firms who are competing to be the architect for the new high school project.

Schools Superintendent Thomas A. Smith said that the final two firms that will be interviewed Thursday night are KCBA and Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates, with one being chosen to design the new high school.

Each will participate in a one-hour interview process., the superintendent said.

The interview session takes place at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Fallsington Elementary School (the same location as the school district's monthly board meetings).

KCBA will be interviewed at 7 p.m. while Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates will be interviewed at 8 p.m.

One finalist will be selected and approved at the March 21 regular Board meeting.

"It is important to remember that these are only concepts," Smith said. "The final design will take a year and will likely look much different."

A public forum took place last month in which four architects presented design plans for the new high school. Click here to see their presentations.

The Pennsbury School Board voted 8-1 to build a new high school over making renovations to its West campus last year.

The vote authorized the school district to hire an architect and get the building going on a school that would open for the 2029 school year and may cost between $250 million and $277 million.

The district had received proposals from nine architects and then identified four finalists who "brought a unique vision and experience" to the construction of a new high school, Smith said.