Members of the USD 475 Board of Education have voted to sell the former Junction City High School site to the city for $1 after the demolition of structures at that location. The city has plans for a future sports complex there, and possibly for a new public library and aquatic facility. As part of the transfer of property there will be development of a memorandum of understanding between the City and USD 475 spelling out details of the project. An example could include possible school district access to facilities.
City Manager Allen Dinkel commented on the sports complex. "We're talking about baseball fields, soccer fields, or some other facilities again. I think we're early enough in the game that we can still planning for it now. We'll have control of the land."
It did not gain approval but there was a staff recommendation to put an early childhood center on the former high school site, and also leave the remainder of the ground to the city. That was supported by Board member Jim Schmidt. "But they're asking for a central location to build a facility on. We have the land that we possess, we've already agreed to working with the city and the city wholey, library separate because they're their own entity so we can surely figure out our way forward to where we can get an early childhood center, get a library, we can let the city have what remains and move forward."