It would cost 10 times as much to refurbish the Independence High School complex than demolish it, the city says, and so it won’t even buy the building and land for $1.
The Independence school district opened a new high school last year on the west end of town, along Iowa Avenue from the US 20 exit. The old one south of downtown has sat empty and now the district doesn’t know what to do with it. I would wager it will be demolished.