New plan includes parking deck for Lower Merion school buses
LOWER MERION Lower Merion School District officials are considering expanding its existing bus parking lot after efforts to find a bigger facility have been opposed by neighbors and community groups.
LOWER MERION Lower Merion School District officials are considering expanding its existing bus parking lot after efforts to find a bigger facility have been opposed by neighbors and community groups.
Pat Guinnane, the district's director of operations, recently told school board members that the plan calls for constructing a parking deck for up to 20 more buses at a garage on Matsonford Road. There are 70 buses at the site now.
Twenty-four more buses are parked at Lower Merion High School, but space is needed there to accommodate growing enrollment, school officials say.
Neighbors shot down a proposal to park buses at a site on Bala Avenue. The board approved contracts with two consulting firms for $102,500 for a study of the new plan.
Acting Superintendent Wagner Marseille has said the district's enrollment could hit 8,000 this year for the first time since 1975.
- Kathy Boccella
