Consultants recommend new middle school, Edgewood replacement and $150M capital roadmap for Marysville schools

Consultants from HPM presented a facilities master plan to the Marysville Exempted Village School District that recommends a multi‑phase capital program centered on a new middle school, an on‑site Edgewood replacement and programmatic shifts to a PK–5, 6–8, 9–12 grade configuration.

HPM project lead Tracy Richter told the board the district is one of the few she’s worked with in recent years that still shows rising birth and enrollment data, and that the plan aims to add capacity for 10–20 years while preserving educational adequacy. “This plan is really trying to address a 10, 15, and 20 year effort towards enrollment,” Richter said.

The recommendation list presented by HPM includes: building a new middle school co‑located with the current middle school to provide flexible configurations (a 6–8 or a grade‑center model), replacing Edgewood Elementary on its current site with a 600‑station building, demolition/renovation and new construction work at Raymond Elementary (with selected preservation of salvageable portions),…