Wednesday, October 20, 1999
Milford has growing pains
Commission recommends expansion
BY CHRISTINE WOLFF
The Cincinnati Enquirer
MILFORD — Crowded schools and a growing enrollment in the Milford Exempted Village School District could mean a request this spring for a levy.
The new money would be used to build a new middle school, add science and computer labs and improve libraries in all district buildings — if the school board accepts the recommendations of the Milford Schools Facilities Commission. The group, appointed by the school board, consists of residents, teachers and staff.
After an 18-month study, the commission presented a preliminary plan to the com munity in a recent series of public hearings. The commission will review comments collected from residents and present its final plan to the school board at a special meeting 7 p.m. Oct. 28 at Milford High School.
“The plan calls for improvements in every school that will positively impact every child in the school district,” said Peter Gerdom, a member of the commission and the school board.
The board must decide in December if it wants to place a levy for construction bond money on the March 2000 ballot. No estimates for millage were available.
The plan's projected cost would be between $42 million and $47 million. Of that, the new middle school is estimated to cost between $16 million and $20 million, including purchase of the land, Mr. Gerdom said.
District enrollment this school year is about 5,700 students in seven buildings, an increase of about 100 students over 1998-99. The commission estimates enrollment will continue to grow districtwide by an average of 45 students per year.
Most residents responsed well to the recommendation to build a middle school to replace 90-year-old Milford Main Middle School on Main and Lila avenues, Mr. Gerdom said. The old building then could be used as district headquarters and to house some preschool students, community uses and, perhaps, an alternative school for at-risk students, he said.
Main Middle's enrollment grew by about 50 students this year.
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