The Boyertown Area School District Board of School Directors approved on January 8 by a 7-2 vote the schematic design plan of the senior high additions and renovations project.

The schematic plan from architectural firm EI Associates includes an academy approach with academies for different fields of learning, such as visual and performing arts, within the existing footprint, each with their own student meeting area and admistrative area. Also included is an upgrade to food service and the library as part of a new student commons area, as well as additional parking to accommodate increasing enrollment and the district’s ninth-graders at the high school.

Another change contained in the schematic plan is the demolition of the 1938 portion of the high school to replace it with a roadway to achieve vehicular circulation around the school campus. This would separate the school from its original building built in 1920.