Why do you think the tax base has not been confirmed yet Jackson? What about the future tax base? I lived most of my life in Flint Michigan and it wasn't just 1 plant closing that caused the issues there. It was several. The 2 situations are very different and can not even be remotely compared. The Milton School District is bulging at the seams and needs relief as soon as possible. Let the committee do their work and bring the best proposals to the table.

I would like to see the plans first. I wonder how much of this project is eye candy, fluff, unusable space. I don't think we need a school that cost the tax payers alot just to maintane.

Craig H.S. has more than 2000 students.

I seem to remember some discussion about the last expansion being the last expansion and from there they would look at building a SECOND, not a replacement, high school. I know Milton has always been very creative with fixing space issues (K-3 schools, an intermediate school, only grades 7+8 at the middle school, etc.), but once you're talking 1500 students, it's time for a second high school, not a bigger high school, and perhaps a temporary situation where one of the schools is a combo middle/high school until a second middle school can be built. But does anyone want to see MORE students in a school than 1500? It's already so big that kids are starting to seem more like numbers.

Putting it on hold for a year or two only prolongs the problem and increases the price (about 10% per year at the rate it is going today). Middle School and Intermediate School overcrowding is already a problem. The new HS opens up the old HS as space for middle school students the MS as space for other classes. It is a domino effect. The HS is about at capacity now and showing little sign of stopping growth. Milton is still seeing housing growth even as other areas stagnate.

Sounds like a good deal.