Monroe Local unveils schematic design and site plan for new high school; site work planned for March–April 2026

Architects from Fanning Howie presented a schematic design and site plan Wednesday for Monroe Local School District’s planned new high school, laying out building placement, parking and an early construction schedule that calls for site work in March–April 2026 and vertical construction in summer 2026.

The presentation Wednesday night summarized several months of visioning with students, teachers and staff and concluded schematic design, Robert Roden of Fanning Howie said. The proposed site sits north of Butler Tech and is oriented to Hornet Drive; the plan shows a main entrance facing the road, about 80 new parking spaces near the front, relocated bus parking between tennis courts and the new building, and an interior layout that groups classrooms, “learning on display” science/STEM areas and athletics in separate zones.

The schematic matters because it fixes major program decisions and allows the district’s construction manager, Robertson Construction, to begin constructability work and cost estimating. “We really know where the building’s going to be. We know how it’s gonna be built,” Roden…