On Saturday, March 11, the voters of Maine Township will be asked to approve a $15 million school bond referendum proposed by the school board. Dr. Richard Short, superintendent of schools, stated, "We will definitely be on half‑day schedules unless we get the money this year so that added facilities are available for the fall of 1968." The $15 million will be split between the renovating of the three existing Maine schools and the building of the new Maine North.

Of the $7 million that has been allotted for expanding the three present schools, Maine West will receive $1,850,000. The money will be used to expand classroom facilities by 17 rooms, add two shops, and a multi‑purpose gymnasium. Also, the library will be improved and enlarged, and extra study hall space for 300 more students will be provided.

The new wing, which will include the 17 new classrooms and the multi‑purpose gymnasium, will be located on what is now the band practice field. The space for the gym will accommodate competitive sports, all-school assemblies, and commencement exercises. If the referendum is successful, the Maine West basketball team will play their first home basketball game in the fall of 1968, and the first graduation to be held at Maine West will occur in the spring of 1969.

The new library facilities will be located in a two‑story addition adjacent to the present library. The first floor of the addition will be a study hall space for 300 students, and the second floor will contain the library addition. The new library space would include 122 extra seats in the library so no students would have to be turned away. An audio visual center will also be added. These improvements would meet the library standards set by the North Central Association and the American Library Association.

The renovations would expand the capacity enrollment of Maine West to 3,500 students while changing the schedule to an eight period day.

Proposed Maine North will be the last of the Maine schools to be built. The school board is preparing for the expected saturation point in student enrollment in 1975 of 14,000 students. This will give Maine Township the second largest enrollment in the suburbs.

The architectural firm of McCaughey, Erickson, Kristman, and Stillwaugh will develop the plans for the additions and the building of Maine North. Maine North would be built in 1969 while the additions are scheduled to be finished in September of 1968.