Gwinnett County Public Schools is planning several new construction projects in the upcoming fiscal year, including a new middle school and two high school expansions, to address overcrowding in some parts of the district.
The projects are part of E-SPLOST VI, a penny sales tax for education projects approved in 2020. They are listed in the proposed budget for the fiscal year that starts in July, and the school board is scheduled to have its initial vote on the budget Thursday. At that meeting, the board is also expected to vote on approving contracts for some of those projects.
The big-ticket item is building a new middle school in the Archer cluster that’s expected to cost $41.4 million. Carroll Daniel Construction company submitted the low bid for the project, and the board will consider accepting it.
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McConnell Middle School is the only middle school in that cluster and has an enrollment of more than 2,000 students. The new building’s capacity will be 1,100 and is slated to open in August 2026. The new school has not yet been named, but it will be located on the eastern side of the cluster at 2945 Indian Shoals Road in Dacula.