Milford School Building Committee unanimously backs 1,675-seat high school design enrollment

School Committee · Meeting of June 3, 2026

Milford school panel sets 1,675-student design enrollment and $632 million budget cap for new high school. The Milford School Building Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to fix the design enrollment for a new Milford High School at 1,675 students and approved a $632 million maximum project budget figure required for submission to the Massachusetts School Building Authority by June 17 — though the actual anticipated town share for the preferred new-construction options runs closer to $255 million before cost-reduction strategies are applied. Superintendent Josh reported an 8 percent enrollment decline over the past 12 months, attributing it almost entirely to federal immigration enforcement, and told the committee he could no longer recommend the larger 2,120-student design enrollment, noting that outgrowing a 2,120-seat school would require growth of 41 percent — nearly double Milford's record decade of expansion.

The committee also voted unanimously to carry five design options — numbered 2, 3, 5, 6, and 9 — into the Preliminary Schematic Report phase; a motion to formally decouple the swimming pool from the project failed to receive a second, leaving that question open.

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Source: the School Committee meeting of June 3, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.