School Offices

So the city manager wants to put the MCSD offices on the 4th floor of the city building at $5,400 a month, including utilities. She will give them the first 2 years rent for free. With the added utility costs going up and writing off $65,000 will this be an overall loss to the city. What did Les or Russ think about this?

And, speculating of course, Ms. Andrew, do you think that sets up the current admin building for leveling.....with the old high school to follow?

If the schools can't afford to move their employees and offices into the city building, what makes you think the city can afford to give two years of free rent. Once again the city of Middletown keeps GIVING!!!! I was all for the move until I read the city is giving two years away. Now the school system wants to shove a new middle school down our throats but they can't afford to pay for an administration move? Again, let the people of Middletown pay for everything. We don't need new schools or administration offices. We need new people with a strong vision to run our city and schools that will not depend on the people of Middletown to bail them out for their mis-spending........

Has nothing to do with roof leak, down sizing, economies of scale and scope. It's about this new found theory, where goes the city, there goes the schools.

Of course, hard to say Vail in bad location and need for move, when school administration is right up the street.

Added bonus is administration can talk in same building about levies and new levies, without sunshine concerns.

So predictable. Sigma Chi meets Kappa Alpha Theta. The education mecca downtown.

Building one new school will do NOTHING for academics...but who cares, the voting for block now lives under the same roof. The dying city saving money after wasting 500,000 on Cincinnati State, PAC, others, but now wanting to help admin?

Mindless.

Well lookie here!!!!

Today's Journal...

City, school district study possible office move

By John Bombatch and Michael D. Pitman

Staff Writers

MIDDLETOWN —
School and city administrations are expected to decide next month if they will become roommates.

The city and Middletown Schools announced in late October the possibility of moving district offices into the city building at One Donham Plaza. The city currently occupies all or portions of every level in the city building

“We’re in negotiations and we are examining figures now that will make this a win for the schools and a win for the city,” Gilleland said. “I can’t give you any figures right now, nothing is firm. I think it would be irresponsible for me to throw out any figures.”

NOW JUDITH FEELS IT WOULD BE "IRRESPONSIBLE" FOR HER TO THROW OUT ANY FIGURES". FUNNY, NEVER BOTHERED HER BEFORE.

WE WERE ACKNOWLEDGED......

However, a post on MiddletownUSA.com states the city would get around $65,000 a year from the school district. Gilleland wouldn’t comment on the post, but Middletown school board President Marcia Andrew responded on the website. Andrew did not state if the figure was accurate, but said both governmental entities would benefit from sharing a building.

“The school district has needed new office space for the central office staff for a long time,” according to the post by Andrew, who did not respond to phone calls and emails left Monday by The Journal. “The offices are sub-standard, the roof leaks and the whole place is very uninviting for parents, teachers and the community.”

“We have been clear that we cannot spend any money on new or better offices for administration,” Andrews wrote, stating the board has cut millions of dollars from its budget.

The post also states the city would waive the first two years of rent to help defray the school district’s moving costs.

HEY! THE JOURNAL PEOPLE AND OTHERS DO READ THIS FORUM. WITH ~ 1200 MEMBERS HERE, WE PROBABLY OUTNUMBER THE PEOPLE IN TOWN THAT TAKE THEIR LOUSY NEWSPAPER.

I, too am glad that the post was noticed. As I understand, the small not-for-profits and a couple other folks will have to move.