Middletown Board of Education members will discuss placing a combination bond issue/permanent improvement levy on the May ballot this week.

The board has called a special meeting for 8 a.m. Thursday in the Board Room of the Administration Building, 1515 Girard Ave. The purpose of this meeting is to approve a resolution to proceed with a May bond issue, according to Kelly Thorpe, the district’s treasurer.

At Monday’s regular board meeting, the board is expected to approve the necessity for a bond issue and a permanent improvement levy. Preliminary estimates call for a 3.6 mill levy, Thorpe said.

Thorpe must present approved issues to the Board of Elections before Feb. 6 to be eligible for the May 7 special election.

The $55 million initiative would fund building a middle school and making upgrades to the high school, the board has said. Some of those improvements include: adding classroom space for curriculum; moving Manchester classes, Success Academy and Freshman Academy back into the high school; providing a new gymnasium and support space and building a wrestling fieldhouse, plus demolishing the Middletown Middle School and Wade E. Miller Gym; and renovating either Barnitz Stadium or the Glenn “Tiger” Ellison Football Complex.

Anti-bullying event set

Parents are invited to an anti-bulling seminar from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Feb. 6 at Highview Sixth Grade Center. Various types of bullying will be addressed. Refreshments and door prizes will be available, and childcare will be provided. RSVP to the Parent Resource Center at 513-420-4566, ext. 3314 or prc@middletowncityschools.com.

Spectacular announces date

The annual Pigskin-Roundball Spectacular, a fundraiser for college scholarships, will be held May 1 at The Manor House Banquet and Conference Center, 7440 Mason-Montgomery Road, Mason.

The event has earned more than $400,000 in its 23-year tenure. Proceeds are distributed to nonprofits or endowment opportunities for Middletown High School student-athlete scholarship funds via the Middletown Community Foundation/Jeff Wiley Pigskin-Roundball Memorial Scholarship.

Chairman Mark Kerns said keynote speakers, honorees and sponsorship and ticket details will be announced soon.