MONROE — At a special meeting Feb. 16, the School District of Monroe’s Board of Education voted 6-1 to a land contract for a new location for the new high school.

The location is located on the north side of County DR, across from Wisconsin Pallet and Storage near the intersection of Industrial Drive. A more detailed informational meeting about the location is currently scheduled for Thursday, March 2 at 6 p.m. at the Monroe High School Performing Arts Center

The land purchase agreement would include parts of four parcels of cropland currently owned by Fran and Sandy Donny. The total land mass is about 70 acres.

“This was our top piece of property through both searches which occurred this summer and winter” based on the size and layout of the property by the board and administration, Superintendent of Monroe Schools Rodney Figueroa said at the Feb. 16 meeting.

Earlier in the land search process, the administration and board found the location to be the top choice, but the cost was the main drawback. Back in September 2022, the district announced a different location to be the home of the new school, which was later approved by voters in a referendum in November. It was announced that the location off of 31st Avenue on the city’s east side was nearly four times cheaper, and cost about $17,000 per acre for 77 acres.

This new location had its price per acre drop from about $50,000 to $38,675, for a grand total of just more than $2.7 million.

A Notice of Meeting of Electors for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8 was also approved by the Board on Feb. 16. The election will take place at the MHS PAC. All eligible voters that live within the School District of Monroe boundaries are qualified electors.