• By the end of the 2023-24 school year, Edgewood Elementary was going to run out of space.
• MEVSD policy for elementary schools is to redistrict no more often than once every four to five years, so students are affected by redistricting no more than once at the elementary level. The last elementary redistricting happened in the 2020-21 school year.
• Renovating the old School Board offices and creating four additional classrooms for Edgewood students postponed the need for any elementary redistricting and delayed the potential need for construction of another elementary school.
• The current cost for a new elementary school is approximately $20 million.
• The combined construction cost for the renovation of the old School Board offices and the Chestnut Street building was just under $5 million, paid for with existing Permanent Improvement Funds, which did not impact any other pending improvements.

• The cost to renovate the Chestnut Street building into an elementary school was estimated at $12-14 million on a site that has the least amount of land for playground space.
• Renovating the Chestnut Street building proceeded to provide space for School Board offices and other purposes.
• The renovated building provides space for training, a School Board meeting room with necessary seating, a community room, lobby area, space for the Tri-Academy, and space for growth.

Ruscilli was the contractor that handled the renovations for the old Board Office and Chestnut Street buildings. Line 1 shows the official contract amount, and line 6 shows what was paid. Both buildings were renovated for less than $5 million, and came in under budget as shown on the final certificate for payment.

The main reasons for these renovations were:

1) Lack of space at Edgewood

2) Desire to stick to the goal of redistricting (if needed) no more than once every 5+ years

3) A new elementary would cost (conservatively) $20 mill

4) Renovating East for additional elementary space would have cost between $12 – $14 mill

5) Continued space for Tri-Academy, and

6) The new central office is now large enough to absorb any additional needed office space as the district grows while also providing training space for staff, a board meeting room with plenty of space for presenters/people being recognized/interested community members, and a large community meeting space.

Scheduled maintenance and completion of High School & Middle School Fields & Stadiums

• The High School stadium bleachers (45 years old) and track were scheduled for major renovations around 2017.
• When Bunsold Middle School was completed in 2008, there were plans to include a football field and track. Due to funding issues, they were not included.
• In 2017 the school board approved the project to renovate and upgrade the High School stadium, and complete the football field and track at Bunsold Middle School.
• Total cost for the project was approximately $12 million.
  • $1.3 million from private donations
  • $4 million loan at 3% interest, being repaid from Permanent Improvement (PI) Funds (the loan payments are not impacting previously scheduled maintenance).
  • Remainder was paid from the PI Fund – approximately $6.7 million.
• With separate football and track facilities available at the High School, track events can be held at the same time as events on the football field.
• The football field is used for football, soccer, lacrosse, band competitions, school and community events.
• The completion of the Bunsold Middle School field and track eliminated the need to bus Middle School students to the high school fields for practices and games.
• The $4 million loan is not being repaid early because PI funds are earning more than the 3% interest charged on the loan.
• The upgraded facilities have allowed Marysville to host OHSAA playoff games.

In 2013 the MEVSD applied for and received a “Straight A” Grant (over $12 million) from the State to renovate the vacant middle school on North Maple Street and create the Early College High School.  The use of the Grant allowed the Marysville Schools to create two high school campuses with NO additional/new local taxpayer funding.  Today’s cost for a new high school is in the $70-100 million range.

With the opening of the ECHS, Marysville Schools created campus choice and avoided the need to redistrict forcing some students to leave their “home” high school.  Marysville students are now able to choose the campus that best fits their academic goals.