The school would be built on land the district already owns, located between the two elementary schools. The measure would go toward building a new elementary school with a 700-student capacity to absorb growth from Mill Creek and Heights. Middleton residents will vote on a bond issue on Aug. Middleton’s middle and high schools are between 80-85% capacity, while its alternative school sits at 91%. The district needs to keep class sizes small because the school is used for additional special education programs. Purple Sage, the third elementary, is under capacity, but the superintendent says that’s a deliberate decision. Heights principal Nicole Kristensen says staff has developed creative solutions, including using stairwells as intervention spaces.
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Heights uses two portables, but cannot currently put any more on the property. Heights, the second of three Middleton elementary schools, hit 127% capacity last spring, according to the study. The growth isn’t just affecting Mill Creek. Heights elementary was built for 350 students, but will welcome at least 480 students in August. The Davis study projects an added 250 elementary students will join the district by fall 2028 - a 15.5% increase from 2022. The district contracted with Davis Demographics in 2021 to analyze Middleton’s demographic data in preparation for future plans. Middleton is not expecting growth to slow. Since then, the district has gained 514 elementary students for a total of 1,638 last school year. Middleton’s most recent elementary school, Purple Sage, opened in 2003. “We’ll still instruct in the lounge, we’ll still instruct in the cafeteria, the computer lab, the other half of the library.” Growth impacts the district, and it isn’t expected to slow down soon “We’re not really gaining any space,” she said. But even with the extra square footage, Holman says the school isn’t gaining any ground.
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The school also uses two portable classrooms, and expects another two to arrive in November, after supply chain issues prolonged delivery. Holman says leaders are considering using the gym for book fairs and conferences, as well as music and physical education classes. for teachers to eat lunch.Ĭounseling groups and fifth-grade focus groups meet in the lunchroom in the mornings and afternoons. The teachers’ lounge is used for intervention, testing and the gifted and talented program. The staff conference room, located behind the front office, is regularly used for student testing. The computer lab was also converted into a classroom. The music room is being converted into a classroom to hold 26 students.
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The library will simultaneously serve as a fifth-grade classroom and an art room. The library is now two classrooms, divided in half by book shelves. Risers and music equipment still sit at the perimeter. They’ll get an interest for the class and then she’ll pull books, put them on a cart, roll them in and that’s how they’ll get checked out.” Staff converted Mill Creek’s music room into a fourth-grade classroom. “Our librarian is going to reach out to teachers and pick out books and that’s how the students will check out their books. “(The music teacher) will either push into classes or co-teach with PE, depending on what we can do,” said Holman. When Gee asked the principal what space was not being used by students, she replied, “Nothing.” It isn’t a new practice.īut this year, Holman added the music room and library to a long list of non-classroom spaces being used for instruction. Mill Creek administration has converted all open areas into learning space over time, said the school’s principal Jessica Holman. Overcrowding isn’t new, but the school is hitting a limit 30 to build a new elementary school and two other projects, but similar efforts have failed in past elections, as voters weigh more taxes against the need for new schools.īut time may be running out, said Middleton superintendent Marc Gee, who worries that short-term solutions eventually won’t be enough. The district hopes voters will solve the issue by approving a $59,435,000 school bond on Aug. Mill Creek’s lunchroom, staff lounge, hallways, music room, conference room, computer lab and individual office spaces will all be used as instructional space this school year.
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Overcrowding fueled by local population growth has pushed administrators to use any available space for student learning. The school is at 123% capacity, according to an April demographics study conducted by the district. MIDDLETON - When students enter Mill Creek Elementary School this fall, there’s no guarantee they’ll end up in a classroom.