Appo's new schools are expected to open in about four years.

Appo breaks ground on new campus that resulted from ’24 successful referendum

Jarek Rutz June 17, 2025Headlines, Education

Appo's new schools are expected to open in about four years.

Appo’s new schools are expected to open in about four years.

The construction of a new campus with two buildings is officially underway in the Appoquinimink School District.

The district – the second largest in the First State – broke ground on the new structures Monday.

A middle school named Summit Bridge Middle and a high school named Summit High School will be realized in the fall of 2029 when its doors open to students on a 350,000-square-foot campus similar to the district’s Fairview Campus.

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The two schools will share a kitchen, auditorium, and performing arts space, which helps save money and fosters dynamic collaboration between them.

These buildings, along with the forthcoming Green Giant Elementary School (located on Green Giant Road), are all made possible thanks to the community’s support of the April 2024 referendum, which focus was to raise about $77.8 million in local revenue: $11,126,000 for operating costs and $66,663,550 for capital costs.

With the successful referendum, the average homeowner has an increase of $435 per year on their tax bill.

Raised in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Jarek earned a B.A. in journalism and a B.A. in political science from Temple University in 2021. After running CNN’s Michael Smerconish’s YouTube channel, Jarek became a reporter for the Bucks County Herald before joining Delaware LIVE News.

Jarek can be reached by email at jarek@dimgrey-peafowl-504880.hostingersite.com or by phone at (215) 450-9982. Follow him on Twitter @jarekrutz and on LinkedIn.

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