Borough Ratifies RTM Modular Units for Media Elementary Relocation

ratified an agreement with at its meeting Thursday for the use of modular units (or trailers) on the former Nativity BVM School grounds in order to support the Media Elementary relocation.

In May, the Rose Tree Media Board of School Directors unanimously approved a lease agreement between the district and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and Nativity BVM, allowing students and staff to be temporarily housed at the former while Media Elementary undergoes roof repairs.

The school district announced in March that a . The school must be closed for up to one school year in order for the repairs to be made.

The RTM lease agreement went into affect on July 1.

Media Borough Council unanimously approved the agreement to use modular units on the school grounds.

Media Borough Council President Brian Hall said Thursday that each of the two units provides five classrooms, which are needed to fully house all of the students at the smaller school location.

The units currently sit in the parking lot/playground of the former Nativity BVM School on Gayley Street.

after the Archdiocese of Philadelphia location,

Hall thanked the RTM School District for all its organization, planning and transparency in dealing with this ongoing relocation process.

At the and he expects a smooth transition.