Two Dubuque School Properties To Be Open For Bids

The Dubuque Community School Board will consider opening bids for the sale of two district properties at their meeting this evening. The board will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Forum on Chaney Road. The board’s agenda includes consideration of a motion to open bids on the proposed sale of Fulton Elementary School and the Dubuque Soccer Complex. Bids for both properties would open July 19th and remain open for 30 days. Fulton Elementary closed at the end of the school year after district officials cited falling enrollment, concerns about lower-than-desired state aid increases and a declining unspent balance. A recent appraisal valued the Fulton property at $890,000. The district’s current lease with Dubuque Soccer Alliance, which pays $1 per year to use the soccer complex, expires in May 2023. School board members in May 2021 approved the nonrenewal of that lease, and district leaders said they intended to give the alliance the option to buy the land. In January, an appraisal valued the soccer complex at $1.55 million, and in May, the alliance gave the district a letter stating its intent to purchase the property at that value.