The Gloucester County Board of Supervisors heard publicly for the first time Tuesday night the Gloucester County School Board’s plans for the replacement of Page Middle School. Superintendent of schools Ben Kiser walked supervisors through the school board’s Aug. 25 recommendation, which is to build a grade 6-9 middle school on the school system’s T.C. Walker Road site.

Several supervisors had questions and voiced concern about the school board’s recommendation. The boards will jointly hold a work session Sept. 20 to discuss the plan at length and learn more about how it will be funded.

The proposal, which will accommodate 800 middle school students and 500 ninth graders, comes with a $54,141,675 price tag. The existing high school will become a grade 10-12 facility under the proposal. Another item in this plan is improving the A wing at Gloucester High School and some other renovations there.

The plan also includes demolishing the current Page Middle Sc...