Opened in 1971, the school was designed by the architecture firm of Charles M. Goodman Associates of Washington, D.C., and was built from 1970-71 by Burrows and Preston, Inc. Renovation on this school took place between 2003 and 2006. A garden was created to honor a former Forest Edge teacher, and resident zoologist and gardener Reginann “Gena” Rohlfs, who passed away in 2008.