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Local fabricator pitches Sandusky building for welding and modular-housing CTE work
Summary
At a Millington Municipal Schools board meeting, business owner Jeff Phelps told the board he is pursuing purchase of the Sandusky building and proposed partnering with the district to host welding, carpentry and modular tiny‑home production as career and technical education (CTE) opportunities for students.
Jeff Phelps, who said he represents Flag Properties and Measure Fabrication, used the board's public comment period to describe plans to buy the Sandusky building and offer hands‑on career and technical education opportunities to Millington students.
Phelps said the building’s layout would suit welding training and an indoor modular housing production line that would include carpentry and electrical work. He described his background in welding and training, including work teaching inmates and holding multiple certifications, and said he wanted to partner with the district’s CTE program to bring students to his facility for “real world” experience.
The proposal, as presented in public comment, would bring district welding students to the facility several days a week and expand into carpentry as the project develops. Phelps said the work could begin after the school year ends and added the company is prepared to make repairs and bring the building up to code before student involvement.
The remarks were a public comment and did not include any board action, vote, or district commitment to the purchase. Board members responded with general encouragement during the meeting, but no formal direction, condition, or contract was recorded on the transcript.
Phelps named Millington staff he spoke with about the idea but did not provide a purchase timeline, financing details, a specific purchase price, or a signed agreement with the district during his remarks. The precise square‑footage figure he cited in the meeting transcript is unclear in the record and is therefore not stated here.
The comment occurred during the meeting’s public comment agenda item and did not appear as an agenda action item; any future purchase, lease, or formal partnership would require separate board consideration and formal vote.
