New Core Creek Elementary School May Open After Winter Break

LANGHORNE, PA —Construction is underway at the Maple Point campus for a new $51 million, two-story, 119,000-square-foot elementary school building that is expected to be completed by the end of the year, school officials said.

The school is expected to be ready for occupancy following the winter break, school officials said.

The project has been discussed and planned for several years as part of a plan to fill a geographical gap in the northern part of the district.

Students in the upper Middletown Township and Langhorne area currently attend one of four elementary schools located in the Levittown area.

The new school will host between 800-900 students and replace Pearl S. Buck Elementary School, which was opened in 1968.

That building has not been significantly renovated since then, and a decision was made to construct the new school instead of spending the millions of dollars that would have been needed to renovate Buck and bring it up to modern standards of safety, efficiency, and usefulness.

Site preparation began in 2022 and construction in the spring of 2023.

The school —which will be named Core Creek Elementary School —sits adjacent to, but separate from Maple Point Middle School.

The parking lots and driveways have been configured to handle traffic from both schools, and traffic flow to and from the two schools will also benefit from road and intersection improvements by PennDOT underway on Woodbourne Road, Langhorne-Yardley Road and Bridgetown Pike.

The building itself will feature state-of-the-art energy-efficient HVAC, electrical and lighting systems, and a modern design with grade-level "pods" and common areas that encourage collaboration and group activities.

The building was designed by the Spiezle architectural design firm, which was also responsible for the design of Tawanka Elementary School, completed in 2016.

Students and staff from Pearl S. Buck Elementary School will be moved to the new school following the winter break in January 2025.

Students in some catchment areas of other schools (Tawanka, Joseph Ferderbar, and Herbert Hoover ES) will also be re-assigned with the start of the 2025-2026 school year.

In September 2024, the Neshaminy School Board approved a reassignment plan for those catchment areas.