Hubble Middle School Committee

The Board of Education formed the Hubble Middle School Committee after it voted in January 2004 to build a new middle school in the southwest part of the District. The committee includes two Board of Education members; central office administrators; Hubble staff members; and parents, residents, business people, and representatives of the city and park district from the cities of Wheaton and Warrenville. The following charge was given to the committee:

The Hubble Study Committee will serve in an advisory capacity to the Board of Education and recommend how the Board’s long-term plan to replace Hubble Middle School with a new middle school in the southwest part of the District should be implemented. Specifically, the committee should include, but not limit, its study to:

• Investigating available sites for the construction of a new middle school and determining the estimated cost to purchase each site.
• Securing an updated appraisal of the Hubble property.
• Studying various funding options for the construction of the new middle school, including the sale of the Hubble property, and recommending the preferred option.
• Developing a recommendation for the renovation of Jefferson School and identifying if it or any other capital improvement project should be included in a referendum with the Hubble project.
• Recommending a date to hold a referendum to raise capital funds for the construction of the new school.
• Evaluating the desirability/feasibility of combining an education fund referendum and a referendum for capital improvements or, in the alternative, prioritizing each need.
• Recommending whether attendance boundary changes should be considered when the new school is opened.
• Identifying interim solutions necessary to ensure that Hubble students are equitably served until the new school is completed.
• Recommending how the needs of non-school organizations using the Hubble building and grounds can be accommodated if the property is sold.

Auxiliary issues to be dealt with outside of the committee:

• Working with the City of Warrenville to determine the amount of money it is willing to contribute toward the purchase of a school site and the parameters of their commitment.
• Working with the City of Warrenville to establish a process for completing the land purchase, such as intergovernmental agreements, neighborhood impact, etc.
• Working with the City of Wheaton to determine its commitment to establishing a Tax Increment Financing District (TIF) on the Hubble site and how much money from the TIF can be directed to the construction of a new middle school.
• Securing from the City of Wheaton a commitment regarding the maximum density it will allow in the development of the site.

Minutes of the Hubble Middle School Committee

June 15, 2005
April 21, 2004
May 19, 2004
June 1, 2004
September 2, 2004
November 3, 2004
February 16, 2005
December 6, 2006

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