Bales Mystery Solved

The mystery of what was behind the Bales Elementary School sign has been solved. The District took down the sign early this week, and this is what they found:


The sign says:

* MILFORD HIGH SCHOOL *
** 1894 **

The newly-visible old granite sign is very nice, but I don't think that it will work for us going forward. The building is currently used as a combination middle/high alternative school, and there is a good chance that it will be a multipurpose building at some point in the future.

The school has some nice "bones" to it, and I think that it deserves to have a long future.

We are going to put on a new roof and replace the soffits as a side project of the current High School renovation project that was approved last year. The building needs a lot more to get it usable for a potential long term function. There will be a study committee starting up this fall that will investigate the potential uses for the building, and to guide us in figuring out what should be done with the building.