MONROE — Voters in the Monroe Local Schools will be asked Nov. 6 to approve a $29.9 million bond issue to construct at least one building.

        The exact plan for the project won't be determined until sometime after the final community forum, scheduled 7:30 p.m. Aug. 17, at Lemon-Monroe Junior Senior High School.

        “We have four different scenarios that we want to test the rest of the summer and get input on,” Superintendent Arnol Elam said. "We hope to have models and concept drawings at the (September) City Festival.”

        This week the board of education adopted a resolution asking the Butler County auditor to certify the millage necessary to raise the money. Treasurer Sharron Moon estimated it would take about eight mills. Once the auditor gives the district an exact figure, the school board will have to approve a second resolution placing the issue on the ballot. That vote is scheduled for next month.

        Architects Steed-Hammond-Paul Inc. have put together four plans for discussion by the community and the board of education. They range in price between $25 million and $30 million — the most the district would be allowed to borrow, based on its property valuation of $214 million.

        “No concept has been picked,” Mr. Elam said. “We might end up with one of the four or with a hybrid of one or more or something different. It's up to our community.”

        The message that school officials have heard from residents who attended the first forum this month or who participated in focus groups is that whatever the final configuration, parents want older and younger children separated, Mr. Elam said.

        The four configurations under consideration:

        • Plan A: Build an elementary school for grades K-6 and a junior-senior high school on one new site. The two would be built off of a central core area that would have space used by both schools such as a cafeteria, gymnasium and theater or multipurpose room.

        • Plan B: Build one large school on a new site. Wings off the central core area would separate different grade level groupings.

        • Plan C: Renovate the elementary school for grades K-6, build a second elementary for grades K-6 on a new site and build a high school at a different site.

        • Plan D: Renovate the elementary school for use as a junior high school and build an elementary school and a high school on a new site.

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