<body><div>The Iowa City Community School District school board decided to sell two non-instructional properties, including the district’s Center for Innovation. The other property is land the district owns in southwest Iowa City. The decision comes after the school board discussed selling the administrative building during its Oct. 27 meeting as a result of the district’s ongoing financial troubles. “The Center for Innovation may not make sense on some level financially to sell it, but it’s a symbol, and the symbol needs to go,” Director Mitch Lingo said during the board’s Oct. 27 meeting. “It’s a symbol for all of this. A lot of frustration. A lot of consternation.”In 2022, the district purchased the CFI building for over $8.75 million, and in the last four years, the district has spent over $12.8 million on improvements to the building. The CFI, located at 2245 N. Dubuque Rd., houses the district’s central office, four classrooms, the district’s online learning program, among other functions. The building is also the space where the school board hosts its meetings.At the board’s Oct. 27 meeting, Pat Moore, the district’s chief financial officer, said the money the district would receive when it sells the CFI would go back to its Secure an Advanced Vision for Education fund. That money could then be moved to the district’s general fund.The other property the district will sell is 18.68 acres of land in southwest Iowa City, near Weber Elementary. The district purchased the land in 2024 for $607,100 using SAVE funding. In the two years the district has owned the land, there have been no improvements made to it.The district did not respond to The Daily Iowan’s request for comment at the time of publication.</div></body>

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The Iowa City Community School District school board decided to sell two non-instructional properties, including the district’s Center for Innovation. The other property is land the district owns in southwest Iowa City. The decision comes after the school board discussed selling the administrative building during its Oct. 27 meeting...

ICCSD votes to sell two non-instructional properties

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The Iowa City Community School District school board decided to sell two non-instructional properties, including the district’s Center for Innovation. The 

ICCSD votes to sell two non-instructional properties

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