Villages HS football moving 20 miles south of Southern Trace for 2023.

[Taltarzac725]

I saw this today in The Villages Daily Sun that future football games involving the Buffalo will be at their new high school which is 20 miles south of Southern Trace. Their last game is tonight in their old home.

I suppose this applies to all HS sports?

[Rainger99]

I saw this today in The Villages Daily Sun that future football games involving the Buffalo will be at their new high school which is 20 miles south of Southern Trace. Their last game is tonight in their old home.

I suppose this applies to all HS sports?

If the school is moving to Middleton, I would expect that all of the sports would be played there also. It looks like they will have some really nice facilities at the new school.

Schools - Middleton (https://mymiddleton.com/schools/)

[John Mayes]

I saw this today in The Villages Daily Sun that future football games involving the Buffalo will be at their new high school which is 20 miles south of Southern Trace. Their last game is tonight in their old home.

I suppose this applies to all HS sports?

Yes. The new expanded high school will be in Middleton. In 2023, there will be pre-k, elementary and middle schools in the northern and southern campuses and high school will be in the southern campus.

[tophcfa]

I saw this today in The Villages Daily Sun that future football games involving the Buffalo will be at their new high school which is 20 miles south of Southern Trace. Their last game is tonight in their old home.

I suppose this applies to all HS sports?

You are correct, it’s absolutely great news. The Villages high school swim team will no longer be using the Laurel Manor sports pool, freeing up lots of valuable lap swimming time for amenity fee paying residents.

[Bogie Shooter]

You are correct, it’s absolutely great news. The Villages high school swim team will no longer be using the Laurel Manor sports pool, freeing up lots of valuable lap swimming time for amenity fee paying residents.

I don’t swim laps. The swim team was swimming on my amenity fees. And that hasn’t bothered me at all!

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

I don’t swim laps. The swim team was swimming on my amenity fees. And that hasn’t bothered me at all! ME either

[Altavia]

The new campus rivals that of university's. So happy young people in our area will have access.

[mtdjed]

Anyone know what happens to the existing facilities? Who owns them? Is it the taxpayers, the Developers or some private entity. Thought that the existing facilities were quite nice and certainly seems to be room to expand if necessary.

Did our taxes pay for any facilities, repairs etc? How do our taxes come into play? Impact to students (Families) going to existing school and then having school move 20 miles away. Would seem that some families might have made home procurement based upon current location.

Appreciate anyone who can help us understand the process and impact.

[Djean1981]

I believe the developer has actually funded the physical buildings. The county school district fund the operations. The old schools are not being shut down - both the new and old campuses are needed.

[LuvtheVillages]

Anyone know what happens to the existing facilities? Who owns them? Is it the taxpayers, the Developers or some private entity. Thought that the existing facilities were quite nice and certainly seems to be room to expand if necessary.

Did our taxes pay for any facilities, repairs etc? How do our taxes come into play? Impact to students (Families) going to existing school and then having school move 20 miles away. Would seem that some families might have made home procurement based upon current location.

Appreciate anyone who can help us understand the process and impact.


The current campus will continue to be used for grades K-8. Middle school grades will be in the old high school after some revisions are finished. These grades will also be at the new southern campus.

High school will only be offered at the south campus.

These facilities were expanded several times. But with the tremendous growth of the Villages, the need for the schools has also boomed. There is a waiting list. The new campus is a good answer to the need for lots more space.

The Developer built all the schools out of his own pocket. No taxes were used. This is a fantastic benefit that he can offer to attract and retain good employees.

[Chi-Town]

As a suburb grew in Chicagoland and a new high school was needed they were two separate schools independent if each other but in the same school district. Here it would be the Villages North High School and The Villages North High School. To relate to here, in Glenview IL there were two high schools, Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South. And each had their own teams. Make more sense than what appears to be planned.

[CFrance]

As a suburb grew in Chicagoland and a new high school was needed they were two separate schools independent if each other but in the same school district. Here it would be the Villages North High School and The Villages North High School. To relate to here, in Glenview IL there were two high schools, Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South. And each had their own teams. Make more sense than what appears to be planned.
I agree, mainly because it will allow more students to participate in sports, orchestras, choirs, etc. You can only have so many members on a sports team, for instance. That leaves a lot of kids out.

Our district in Michigan started with one high school, ended up with three. The teams played each other as well as playing other schools.. The orchestras and choirs were a manageable size for competitions, performances, and transportation to events.

[jimdecastro]

I saw this today in The Villages Daily Sun that future football games involving the Buffalo will be at their new high school which is 20 miles south of Southern Trace. Their last game is tonight in their old home.

I suppose this applies to all HS sports?

Look at the bright side. This applies to approximately 10 games a year for football. I have to drive 20 miles north to go to any decent restaurants or get to Target. And to get there I have to go on multiple single lane roads outside of The Villages.

[Bogie Shooter]

[QUOTE=mtdjed;2154701]Anyone know what happens to the existing facilities? Who owns them? Is it the taxpayers, the Developers or some private entity. Thought that the existing facilities were quite nice and certainly seems to be room to expand if necessary.

Did our taxes pay for any facilities, repairs etc? How do our taxes come into play? Impact to students (Families) going to existing school and then having school move 20 miles away. Would seem that some families might have made home procurement based upon current location.

Appreciate anyone who can help us understand the process and impact.[/QUOTE

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[Rainger99]

The Villages football team lost their final home game. Wiregrass Ranch won 40-24.

[Papa_lecki]

I don’t swim laps. The swim team was swimming on my amenity fees. And that hasn’t bothered me at all!

I am going to guess the school paid a rental fee to use the pool.

[kendi]

I believe the developer has actually funded the physical buildings. The county school district fund the operations. The old schools are not being shut down - both the new and old campuses are needed.

The old high school is being shut down.

[Bogie Shooter]

The old high school is being shut down.

Where is the source of this?

[newgirl]

Anyone know what happens to the existing facilities? Who owns them? Is it the taxpayers, the Developers or some private entity. Thought that the existing facilities were quite nice and certainly seems to be room to expand if necessary.

Did our taxes pay for any facilities, repairs etc? How do our taxes come into play? Impact to students (Families) going to existing school and then having school move 20 miles away. Would seem that some families might have made home procurement based upon current location.

Appreciate anyone who can help us understand the process and impact.

This is way too far away for all the students that live on the north side of town. Parents do not have options for kids to go to any school close to home unless they qualify for The Villages schools( many that work her don't, and many live close to the Villages and have to transport a long way to get them to any school. If young people do not have access to good schools then more businesses will continue to have labor shortages ( meaning those that succeed will be outrageously expensive to go to ).
Everyone wins when the options for education are ample. Wildwoods school has horrible test scored, nobody will be rushing to move here because of the school that is the only one ( Lake Lake , also test scores are nothing to be proud of).
For all the homes here one would think that the schools for the family's in the area would be fabulous. And we need more families in this area for all the jobs created with thousands of retires buying homes here. What good will The Villages if there are lots of buildings but no one to staff them?
The developers need to take notice. The lack of employees has changed the quality ( and cost) of business's here radically just since I came 4 yrs ago.

[Two Bills]

This is way too far away for all the students that live on the north side of town. Parents do not have options for kids to go to any school close to home unless they qualify for The Villages schools( many that work her don't, and many live close to the Villages and have to transport a long way to get them to any school. If young people do not have access to good schools then more businesses will continue to have labor shortages ( meaning those that succeed will be outrageously expensive to go to ).
Everyone wins when the options for education are ample. Wildwoods school has horrible test scored, nobody will be rushing to move here because of the school that is the only one ( Lake Lake , also test scores are nothing to be proud of).
For all the homes here one would think that the schools for the family's in the area would be fabulous. And we need more families in this area for all the jobs created with thousands of retires buying homes here. What good will The Villages if there are lots of buildings but no one to staff them?
The developers need to take notice. The lack of employees has changed the quality ( and cost) of business's here radically just since I came 4 yrs ago.

Surely most of the kids are bused in?

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

As the crow flies, Middleton is about 13 miles from Southern Trace. It's good location considering that route 44 will eventually be the center of The Villages. The high school will be about 6 miles from Brownwood.

[gatorbill1]

I think the schools are owned by school boards? But charter schools are normally private businesses owned by corporations or individuals. Maybe they rent from school board?

[Bogie Shooter]

This is way too far away for all the students that live on the north side of town. Parents do not have options for kids to go to any school close to home unless they qualify for The Villages schools( many that work her don't, and many live close to the Villages and have to transport a long way to get them to any school. If young people do not have access to good schools then more businesses will continue to have labor shortages ( meaning those that succeed will be outrageously expensive to go to ).
Everyone wins when the options for education are ample. Wildwoods school has horrible test scored, nobody will be rushing to move here because of the school that is the only one ( Lake Lake , also test scores are nothing to be proud of).
For all the homes here one would think that the schools for the family's in the area would be fabulous. And we need more families in this area for all the jobs created with thousands of retires buying homes here. What good will The Villages if there are lots of buildings but no one to staff them?
The developers need to take notice. The lack of employees has changed the quality ( and cost) of business's here radically just since I came 4 yrs ago.

The Developer did take notice..............built a new school. Enough said.

[asianthree]

Surely most of the kids are bused in?

Villages schools doesn’t have bus system. Parents are responsible for drop off and pick-up. It is a Zoo during those times, sometimes safety is questionable, we stay away from the area at those times.

[Rodneysblue]

The old high school is being shut down.

It will me repurposed as the expanded middle school.

[Altavia]

Villages schools doesn’t have bus system. Parents are responsible for drop off and pick-up. It is a Zoo during those times, sometimes safety is questionable, we stay away from the area at those times.

Maybe the school/parents/developer can get together and fund bus(es) from the current campus to the new south campus.

Did they announce something in the range of 7,000 new family homes planned to be built around the new schools?

[Bogie Shooter]

Maybe the school/parents/developer can get together and fund bus(es) from the current campus to the new south campus.

Did they announce something in the range of 7,000 new family homes planned to be built around the new schools?

I guess if buses are needed (?) the would be obtained via taxes.

[Papa_lecki]

The old high school is being shut down.

No its not, it is going to be renovated and used for the primary/middle school campus.

[Papa_lecki]

Again, that EVIL developer, building a BRAND new, state of the art high school and state of the art facilities for the employees who work here.

If I was in HS or had kids in HS, I would prefer to play on the new fields and go to the new school.

[Taltarzac725]

The Buffalo lost last night but played very hard according to the Villages Daily Sun.