New Neshaminy Elementary School Gets A Name

MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, PA —The Neshaminy School District's new elementary school now has a name.

The $51 million school that's currently under construction will be called Core Creek Elementary School.

The name was approved by the school board at its Tuesday night meeting after a recommendation was provided by the district's Facilities and Planning Committee.

The name comes after several months of discussion and community input for the new building on the Maple Point campus, school officials said. It was the most popular choice in a public survey conducted over the spring.

Meanwhile, construction of the new school is progressing. Watch a video of the work here.

In mid-April, the school district broke ground on the new school, which is replacing the aging Pearl S. Buck Elementary School. That school opened in 1968 and has not been significantly renovated or upgraded since that time.

School officials said that due to cooperative weather conditions, contractors made a "good amount of progress" on the two-story building —which sits across from Core Creek Park —over the summer.

As soon as the school year ended, a crew began demolition of half the parking lot in front of the school. The lot will be realigned and replaced to match the footprint of the new school building and the bus access road that will run between the school and Maple Point Middle School.

The parking lot work is expected to be completed before the school year starts next week so it will not impact traffic flow to the middle school, school officials said.

School officials said that 90 percent of the utility work for the new building has been completed along with the structural frame for the first half of the building. The substructure footing for two other sections, which includes the gym and cafeteria, is 50 percent complete.

The school is expected to hold up to 900 students in kindergarten through fourth grade and will include modern features such as grade-level pods, an expanded Library Media Center with a maker space, and energy-efficient HVAC and lighting systems.

Construction is expected to be finished next August with the school opening for the start of the 2024-2025 school year.