MARYSVILLE – A new era is set to begin Friday, April 29, as Marysville-Pilchuck High School breaks ground on its new food commons.
Speaking at the event will be Marysville School District Superintendent Becky Berg, Mayor Jon Nehring, Marysville School Board President Pete Lundberg, and Snohomish County Council Members Ken Klein and Hans Dunshee.
The event will start at 1 p.m. at the high school, 5611 108th St NE. The Marysville Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps also will perform.
The school has been without a cafeteria since a deadly shooting there in October of 2014. Students have been eating lunch in classrooms, in an activity center and in a small cafeteria.
The commons, which is set to be complete by the end of this year, was made possible through a $7.5 million gift in the state legislature’s 2015 Capital Budget and the work of Dunshee when he was a state representative.
