Montgomery County · Cheltenham · MCPC #25-0046-002
Glenside Elementary School
400 Harrison Avenue, Glenside, PA , Cheltenham, PA · 7,573 sq ft non-residential, school · 10.06 acres
About this project
Cheltenham School District is adding three building additions totaling about 7,573 square feet to Glenside Elementary School at 400 Harrison Avenue, roughly a 14% increase over the existing 54,388-square-foot building. The project also reshapes the site: nine parking spaces on the west side are removed and nine are added to the bus loop, a play area and an emergency access drive are moved, and three stormwater beds are upgraded.
County planning commission: Supports, with comments
Issues raised: Crosswalk visibility at Limekiln Pike and Harrison Avenue, Thorny Washington Hawthorn trees near student foot traffic
- Engineer / rep.
- Chester Valley Engineers, Inc.
- Zoning
- R-2
- Approvals needed
- waiver
Filing history
- 2025-09-19 · MCPC #25-0046-002 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan, Resubmission · 7,573 sq ft
- 2025-02-26 · MCPC #25-0046-001 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan · 7,573 sq ft
County review letters
2025-02-26 · CHELT 25-0046-001r.pdf
2025-09-19 · CHELT 25-0046-002r.pdf
Scope estimate for contractors
Estimated construction value: $2.7M
- ~37 roofing squares (assumes 2 stories)
- ~18 tons of cooling (rule of thumb 400 sq ft/ton)
- ~1.2 acres of site work (grading, stormwater, landscaping)
- Nine parking spaces removed on west side and nine added to bus loop
- Relocated play area
- Relocated emergency access drive
- Improvements to three subsurface stormwater detention/infiltration beds
- Bus loop landscape plantings