Progress Update: New Classrooms Take Shape at Rogers High School

As the 2024–25 school year wrapped up, construction crews were onsite at Rogers High School installing access ramps to three newly delivered portable classroom buildings. Over the coming weeks, the interiors will be completed with carpet, electrical systems, and classroom furniture. These portables will be fully operational and ready for students on the first day of the 2025–26 school year.

These temporary classrooms were added to address overcrowding at Rogers, where enrollment currently exceeds permanent capacity by more than 380 students. Once complete, the project will bring the campus total to 18 portable classrooms and one portable restroom, providing space for enrollment expected to exceed permanent capacity by more than 500 students by fall of 2025.

The installation was made possible by community support for the 2024 Capital Levy and reflects a key recommendation from the School Capacity and Utilization Task Force (SCUT). This community-led group proposed short-term solutions to manage space challenges while the district continues to pursue long-term facility upgrades.

 Portables are not a long-term fix. These classrooms are a temporary, stopgap measure—not a substitute for the modern, permanent learning spaces our students need and deserve. Their installation underscores the need for a lasting solution at Rogers High School.

Despite earning majority approval, the 2025 bond measures—which would have funded a full modernization and expansion of Rogers—did not validate. That bond proposal included a two-story addition to increase capacity to 1,800 students and reduce reliance on portable classrooms.

Rogers High School, which opened in 1968, has never undergone full modernization. Many of its buildings are rated “fair” to “poor” in the district’s 2021 Study and Survey. Still, the school continues to serve as a vital hub for its community—deserving of the same investment seen elsewhere across the district.

The district remains committed to long-term planning and to working with families, staff, and the broader community to find a sustainable path forward.

To learn more and view meeting materials, visit the School Capacity and Utilization Task Force webpage.