Consultants present three facilities options as Marysville schools face overcapacity by 2028–29

Marysville Exempted Village School District board members heard a facilities plan update Feb. 20 from consultants working with the district’s community task force, including three options ranging from a maintenance-only approach to a districtwide reconfiguration that would move to K–5 elementary schools and 6–8 middle schools.

The consultant said the district faces capacity pressure in the 2028–29 school year and presented survey results showing the strongest community support for option 3, the K–5 / 6–8 reconfiguration with focused new construction and replacement work. The task force will review recommendations before the consultants present final recommendations to the board, currently targeted for April 17, 2025.

Consultants with HPM described the planning process as having three phases: discovery (adequacy and condition assessments, enrollment and demographic analysis), validation against educational standards, and an options phase informed by a community survey and task-force input. The consultant said the district received about 605 responses to the most recent survey and that teachers made up roughly 25% of respondents.

Option 1 (maintenance-focused): Keep the current building portfolio and emphasize maintenance and renovation, with limited reconfiguration (Raymond conversion to a K–6 “case 6” option was included to relieve some…