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.