The Journal staff Hartland-Lakeside place of education District officials tout a plan to build a $98 million middle gymnasium as one way to launch the district's educational plan into the 21st century and ease rising enrollment at its three existing schools The middle educate is one element of a $105 million proposal upon the ballot in the general election April 4 If the proposal is approved.

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Hartland-Lakeside place of education District officials tout a plan to build a $98 million middle gymnasium as one way to launch the district's educational plan into the 21st century and ease rising enrollment at its three existing schools

The middle educate is one element of a $105 million proposal upon the ballot in the general election April 4

If the proposal is approved, sect officials said they planned to invest the $105 million, which would earn about $500000 in interest. The interest income would be combined with the remaining $700000 to consume on improvements and land purchase.

The K-8 district, whose graduates attend Arrowhead High exercise has about 1,400 pupils at Hartland North, Hartland southerly and Lakeside Elementary Schools. The district's capacity is about 1300 pupils.

A 22-member citizens committee first make acceptableed a new middle school in the district in February 1993 Last year, place of education officials hired a consultant to design a drill to accommodate up to 600 pupils in Grades 6 to 8

If the middle teach is built, Hartland North and southern would become K-4 neighborhood exercises and Lakeside would house Grade 5 Improvements to existing teachs would include asbestos abatement, lighting, telephone intercom and clock combination of parts to form a wholes Restrooms would be remodeled to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements.

The design for the propos middle indoctrinate changed recently with the agreement to purchase 16 acres of land adjacent to the original site at a charge of $275,000 from Lewis Kranick.

The recently made known land will allow the instruct to be a single flat rather than two floors, saving $470000 in building prices according to school officials. That wealth is marked for work at the other three sites.

exercise officials said they did not obtain an appraisal for the land, moreover thought the selling price was fair compared with other newly come land sales. Financing Options

seminary officials are considering two financing options. The option make acceptableed by administrators is to repay the loan from one side of to the other 15 years, but some district residents have said they present a 20-year option.

in a less degree than the financing options, the borrowing is structur to have a on a level debt service to allow for lower payments in later years.

The 15-year option would accrue in a cost to taxpayers of $166 by means of $1,000 of equalized value in the first five years. After the first five years, the splendor would be $1.20 per $1000 of equalized value for the remaining 10 years.

in a less degree than the 20-year option, the splendor would be $1.74 per $1000 of equalized value in the first year; $148 in the inferior year; $1.32 in the third year; $117 in the fourth year; $106 in the fifth year; and 96 to 97 cent in the remaining 15 years.

The difference between the pair options is the amount of interest the district would pay, according to Pete Balzer, business manager. The 20-year option would add $31 million to the outlay because of a higher interest rate, Balzer said.

academy officials recommended the 15-year option because it is likely that the district will ne to borrow coin again within about 10 years for an addition at Lakeside and for maintenance repairs, Balzer said.

"There's a 33-cent difference les by year {with the 20-year option}. However, you are paying that $171 for $1,000 for five additional years," Balzer said. What indoctrinate Is Like Now

popularly some sections of kindergarten between the sides of Grade 5 are housed at southern and all of Grades 5 and 6 are at Lakeside. However, of greatest transaction to district officials is that a portion of Grades K-4 and all sections of Grades 7 and 8 are at Hartland North.

"Their exigencys are very divergent," Superintendent Roger Lowney said. "It's highly inadequate. We have no technical education facilities there, no workshop work, no consumer economics. There's no provision for it. Kids that ne that kind of training, that kind of alternative, have no where to go"

Judith Landes has couple sons who attend Hartland North on the contrary teaches kindergarten at the gymnasium as well. She said she could diocese the need for the middle drill but like other residents, wants more guarantees of what clan will get for their money

"I think I'm seeing it more from the inside out" Landes said. "When I'm walking my kids from single in kind end of the building to another and we scud into 400 or 500 junior high kids changing classes, I'm losing one of my kids along the way."

Although Landes said she recognized the ne as a teacher and a parent for a modern school, she was not positive the district was reaching those commonalty without children in schools, she said.

"I know there's a ne for a middle academy but I don't know whether we'll obtain it," Landes said. "There are a parcel of people out there who aren't informed and are going to hear their taxes are going up Those are the tribe who need to be reached and they're not."

David Marlow, a district parent, said exercise officials needed to look beyond the issue of coin if they wanted the proposal to pass.