Progress as Promised: Frontier Middle School
Oct. 12, 2022
This fall, Frontier Middle School (FMS) opened the doors to its newly added classroom-expansion wing thanks to the support of District taxpayers and funding from Proposition C.
After spending years in the elementary schools due to limited space in the middle school buildings, eager sixth grade students across the district returned to middle schools this fall. FMS alone saw an addition of 450 students and 30 staff at the start of the 2022-23 academic year.
FMS faculty and staff were just as eager to welcome them to their new home and halls. These eagles can really spread their wings and soar in this spacious new addition that is 38,024 square feet and has 19 classrooms.
FMS also welcomed the Milestones Center back into the building, which opened alongside the new addition at the start of the year. The Frontier Milestones Center services sixth through eighth students from across the district with developmental delays which require intensive language and behavioral research-based interventions. The center's team-based approach with therapists and educators allows each student's individualized program to address language, social-emotional, cognitive, behavioral, motor, and sensory development.
“With our newest wing, we have been able to provide students and staff with the space that is needed in order to achieve optimal levels of academic growth and success,” said Dr. Laura Rowe Holler, FMS principal.
The Eagles that call this new wing home have already made it their own, decorating the hallways with class projects and giving the freshly painted walls some much-needed personality. As you walk down the corridor and peek into each classroom, it’s obvious each one is packed full of eager students ready to learn.
As promised, the addition to FMS was completed on time and under budget and was ready to be filled when the 2022-23 school year began. This marks another major construction project completed on time and under budget in the WSD.
Wentzville School District would like to express its appreciation to the voters who continue to support the WSD and who made this new classroom expansion at Frontier Middle School possible. We’d also like to recognize all of the hard work of the District and building leadership; District Facilities, maintenance, and custodial teams; the Board of Education; Lawlor Corporation; Hoener Associates, Inc.; and the City of O’Fallon.