District wants to build maintenance facility

USD 257's maintenance director will seek bids to build a facility between tennis courts and a parking lot near Iola High School. The former maintenance building was torn down in 2020 and staff have stored equipment at the bus barn south of town since then.

November 12, 2024 - 1:23 PM

School board members agreed to explore options to build a maintenance building on this lot between a parking lot and tennis courts near Iola High School. The district has been without a maintenance building since 2020, when the previous facility was demolished to make way for a new science and technology building. Photo by Vickie Moss / Iola Register

School board members agreed to explore options to build a new maintenance building near Iola High School.

Maintenance Director Aaron Cole presented preliminary estimates to build an 80-foot by 50-foot structure, divided in half between a maintenance shop and offices. It would be located on a vacant lot west of tennis courts and near a small parking lot north of IHS.

Cole estimated it would cost about $278,000. School board members gave their approval to Cole to seek bids for the project, with an understanding costs would not exceed $300,000.

Initially, Cole…

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