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Middleton superintendent: high school over capacity; district to seek $2.47 million supplemental levy
Summary
Superintendent Gaitley told the Middleton City Council the district has rising enrollment, facility strains and will ask voters this fall to approve a $2,470,000 two‑year supplemental levy; a CTE building and donor‑funded soccer fields are opening without local taxpayer funds.
Superintendent Gaitley told the Middleton City Council on Wednesday that student enrollment has climbed and some buildings are operating above their designed capacity, and the district will ask voters this fall to approve a $2,470,000, two‑year supplemental levy.
“This year, for the first time since it's been built, the Middleton High School is over capacity at a 101% of capacity,” Superintendent Gaitley said, citing a high school population of 1,572 students in a building with capacity listed at 1,550.
The nut of the proposal is financing for personnel and classroom needs the district says it currently covers with levies and other temporary sources. Gaitley said the supplemental levy would support teaching positions, teacher aides, one school resource officer and an expansion of security personnel; it would also fund curriculum…
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