(KMZA)--A ground breaking ceremony for the first major phase of the Marysville school bond project will take place this ( Monday ) evening.

The ceremony will be held at 5:30 at the Marysville Elementary School on the north side of the gym.  Following the ceremony, hamburgers and hotdogs will be served in the cafeteria where the public will have an opportunity to meet with the contractor and visit with the architect.

A new two-story addition is to be built on the north side of the school this summer and fall.  It will contain new classrooms, a new music room and new restrooms, which will double as a storm shelter.

Three additional small rooms will be added to other parts of the school. Also, a new computer lab will be created by enclosing the stage next to the gym.

The USD 364 Board of Education during a meeting on June 8th accepted the low bid submitted by AHRS Construction of Bern in the amount of just over $2 million for the first phase of the project, which was well under the engineer’s estimate.

The work is part of a $26.4 million bond issue that district patrons approved in November.