Olathe board considers land swap for a new Meadow Lane Elementary
The Nov. 12 agenda called for approving a contract to trade the current campus for city land at College Boulevard and Lone Elm Road.
OLATHE - The Olathe Board of Education's Nov. 12 agenda included a real estate contract with the City of Olathe to swap the Meadow Lane Elementary campus for adjoining city-owned land, according to the official packet from Olathe Public Schools.
Item 8.02, submitted by Chief Financial Officer John Hutchison, called for the board to approve trading the district's approximately 9.74-acre Meadow Lane property for about 10.57 acres at the northwest corner of College Boulevard and Lone Elm Road. The attached contract says the district would close on the city's property on or before Jan. 1, 2027, build a new elementary school there, then demolish the existing school, clear and re-seed the old site, and convey that land to the city.
The contract also has the district building 110th Street between South Valley Road and South Noble Drive, with the city and the district splitting that cost evenly. A bond update in the same packet schedules construction documents for January 2027, bidding in early 2027 and a 2028-29 opening. Official minutes had not been posted as of Friday, and the contract in the packet is unsigned.
Source: Olathe Public Schools Board of Education agenda, Nov. 12, 2026, item 8.02, the real estate contract with the City of Olathe, and the November 2026 bond update.