Montgomery County · Springfield · MCPC #24-0069-001
Springfield Middle School
1901 Paper Mill Road, Springfield, PA · 21,500 sq ft non-residential, school · 19.02 acres
About this project
The Springfield School District is expanding Springfield Middle School at 1901 Paper Mill Road on its roughly 19-acre campus. The work adds an auditorium, a new surface parking lot, sidewalks, crosswalks, an emergency drive, underground stormwater basins, and a geothermal well field, for about 21,500 square feet of institutional space. An existing basketball court, a loading area, and a parking area are being demolished to make room.
County planning commission: Supports, with comments
Issues raised: Parking calculation needs clarification after the auditorium addition, 8-foot sidewalk around the westernmost parking lot may harm mature trees, Removal of 14 mature trees with only 8 replacements proposed, Recommendation to add more tree cover on the site
- Zoning
- Institutional
- Utilities
- public water, public sewer
- Demolition
- Existing basketball court, a loading area, and a parking lot area
Filing history
- 2024-03-20 · MCPC #24-0069-001 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan · 21,500 sq ft
County review letters
2024-03-20 · SPRIN 24-0069-001r.pdf
The full picture AI research · Nov 1, 2026
The Springfield School District plans to expand Springfield Middle School at 1901 Paper Mill Road. The school sits on a campus of about 19 acres. The work adds roughly 21,500 square feet of new space, including an auditorium.
The project also includes a new surface parking lot, sidewalks, crosswalks and an emergency drive. Stormwater will be handled by underground basins, which hold rain runoff beneath the ground. A geothermal well field is planned too. It uses underground pipes to help heat and cool the building.
An existing basketball court, a loading area and a parking area will be demolished to make room. No news coverage, meeting minutes or district project page specific to this plan was found online, so this explanation relies on the county records.
What it could mean nearby
- The new parking lot, sidewalks, crosswalks and emergency drive suggest changes to how people and vehicles move around the campus.
- Underground stormwater basins are meant to manage rain runoff from the added paved and built areas.
- The auditorium adds institutional space on the school campus, and the records do not say whether it will be open for community use.
- The records do not describe homes, jobs or changes to neighboring land.
Where it stands
The latest county filing is dated March 20, 2024. No later approvals or hearings were found online. Projects like this usually go through township and county review, then stormwater and other permit approvals, before construction begins.
- Mar 20, 2024 Latest filing for the project in the county planning records
Want to weigh in? The Springfield Township governing and planning bodies, along with the school board, would usually review a project like this. Residents can generally comment at their public meetings, but no specific hearing was found.
Who's behind it
Springfield School District · The public school district that operates Springfield Middle School and is carrying out this expansion.
Planning terms explained
- Underground stormwater basin
- A buried storage structure that collects rain runoff and releases it slowly so it does not flood nearby areas.
- Geothermal well field
- A set of deep underground pipes that use the steady temperature of the earth to heat and cool a building.
- Institutional space
- Building area used by public or nonprofit institutions such as schools, rather than homes or shops.
- Demolition
- Tearing down existing structures or paved areas to clear room for new construction.
We searched the web for this project but found nothing beyond the county record, so this explanation is based on the filing alone. Researched by AI from public sources on Nov 1, 2026. It can make mistakes, so check the linked sources and the municipality before relying on it.
Scope estimate for contractors
Estimated construction value: $7.5M
- ~107 roofing squares (assumes 2 stories)
- ~53 tons of cooling (rule of thumb 400 sq ft/ton)
- ~3.4 acres of site work (grading, stormwater, landscaping)
- Auditorium addition
- New surface parking lot
- Two raised pedestrian crosswalks
- Two underground stormwater basins
- Geothermal well field
- Emergency drive and truck loading area
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