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Middleton School District urges $19.9 million elementary bond to address overcrowding
Summary
A district official told the Middleton City Council the district is over capacity at two elementary schools and outlined a multi-year effort to reduce the tax impact of a proposed bond that would build a new elementary school.
Mark Gee, a Middleton School District official, told the Middleton City Council on April 16 that two of the district's three elementary schools are operating well over capacity and urged support for a bond measure to build a new elementary school.
Gee said “we are over capacity in 2 of our 3 elementary schools. Currently, we are at 145% of capacity at Heights Elementary.” He said Mill Creek Elementary is at about 115% of capacity and Purple Sage Elementary is under capacity in part because it houses special‑needs programs that require more space per student.
The district is currently using 22 portable classrooms at Heights and Mill Creek, Gee said, and those portables do not add cafeteria, gymnasium or restroom capacity. He reviewed prior bond attempts: the district first identified the need in February 2015 and pursued bonds in 2018 and again in February 2022; the 2022 measure reached 53% support but fell short of the…
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