Rommelt Elementary on Monday. DAVE KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette

The South Williamsport Area School board voted unanimously to close Rommelt Elementary School at their monthly meeting Monday night.

Central Elementary School will be reconfigured to accommodate grades K-5, while the junior/senior high school will host grades 6-12, beginning with the 2025-26 school year.

The lone “no” vote to the configuration came from board President Todd Engel, who continued his opposition to moving the sixth grade class into the high school.

A feasibility study will be conducted by McKinley Architecture to determine whether the building warrants renovation or partial or total demolition, with the possibility of a replacement building or an addition to the high school.

No public opposition to the closure was voiced during a required public hearing on the matter held on Jan. 13, and no additional comments were offered by residents during Monday’s meeting.

“After a long process, the district had to make the difficult decision to close the elementary school in an effort to ensure that we were able to continue to provide a quality education for our students, but be fiscally responsible to the taxpayers,” Superintendent Dr. Eric Briggs told the Sun-Gazette.

“We’re confident in the plan we have in place and how we will move forward to begin the 2025-26 school year,” he said.

“We’re excited about this new beginning and we look forward to the opportunities that this grade reconfiguration will provide to our students,” Briggs said.