Update: For staff and community members who missed this event, there will be two additional opportunities to tour the new classrooms on Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 4 p.m., and Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 10 a.m. Tours will begin at the main entrance of the high school.
The Mercer Island School District (MISD) debuted the additional three new wings at Mercer Island High School to a crowd of nearly 100 people Tuesday, Aug. 18 at MIHS.
Designed by Mahlum Architects and completed this summer by Pavilion Construction, the new 100, 200 and 300 wings feature 10 new classrooms, which will primarily be occupied by the high school’s science and humanities departments.
Those in attendance, including Mercer Island School Board and City Council members and Mayor Bruce Bassett, were treated to a tour of the new facilities, which cover approximately 15,000 square feet and include three new physics labs, a material science lab, a new computer lab and new student restrooms.
The crowd gathered before the dedication ceremony in the school’s new ‘outlook classroom,’ an outdoor meeting area that consisted of benches made from fir trees that were removed to make way for the new classrooms.
Changes to date for the addition at the high school have cost the district $470,061, which was within budget according to Superintendent Dr. Gary Plano. Project manager Brandy Fox alerted the School Board at its regular meeting following the ceremony to expect one more change order for $25,000.
