{"id":69525,"date":"2025-12-24T14:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/69525\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T14:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:11:09","slug":"upcoming-hearing-will-cap-easton-area-high-school-project-cost-at-302m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/69525\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming hearing will cap Easton Area High School project cost at $302M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Q3KQGX5UG5C6DGPN4Y6OMFLBWY\">The Easton Area School District will host a public hearing to cap its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/easton\/2025\/09\/easton-area-school-district-reviews-new-high-school-design-ahead-of-key-vote.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/easton\/2025\/09\/easton-area-school-district-reviews-new-high-school-design-ahead-of-key-vote.html\">high school project<\/a> cost at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/easton\/2025\/05\/new-easton-area-high-school-what-the-298-million-project-includes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/easton\/2025\/05\/new-easton-area-high-school-what-the-298-million-project-includes.html\">$302 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"G6IAURFZERAK5KI5W7GVVENDB4\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.finalsite.net\/images\/v1765484506\/eastonsdorg\/cejdhluxnjh2zdthlkdr\/notice_of_public_hearing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/resources.finalsite.net\/images\/v1765484506\/eastonsdorg\/cejdhluxnjh2zdthlkdr\/notice_of_public_hearing.pdf\">hearing scheduled for Jan. 20<\/a> is required by law. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JLECJCEXOZBZLJSW5QF3WMOC5U\">The school district administration will make a brief presentation about the plan to tear down the high school at 2601 William Penn Highway in Palmer Township and replace it with a new school at a maximum construction cost of $206 million and a maximum overall cost of $302 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XFYVDS4KXFAS3BLLKB2KFSDADA\">The district says the current high school is too old and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/easton\/2025\/07\/298m-easton-area-high-school-design-features-innovative-common-spaces.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleylive.com\/easton\/2025\/07\/298m-easton-area-high-school-design-features-innovative-common-spaces.html\">inefficiently designed<\/a>. The pool is barely functional and is slated for a replacement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MGTOUMDOLBAPDPRLS2WUAFCVDI\">The hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Jan. 20 at the district education center, 1801 Bushkill Drive, Forks Township. Members of the public are invited to speak but must limit their comments to under three minutes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3VTDXW2WG5DX5GWSDAFQARNZFE\">You can review a copy of the high school plan at the education center on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The plan will be available for review at the hearing.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New Easton Area High School\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/42Z3QGZTXBFEXJMM4NKF7SOJDU.png\"  \/>A rendering showing the proposed layout of a new Easton Area High School, as presented on Sept. 9, 2025.Courtesy of Alloy5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Easton Area School District will host a public hearing to cap its high school project cost at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-69525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}