City leaders are having early conversations about what they would do with two Wichita USD 259 elementary school properties if they swap two parks with the school district.
City Council members Joseph Shepard and Maggie Ballard said there are lots of questions to still be answered, but the city has had preliminary talks about exchanging parks for two nearby school properties so the school district could rebuild those schools on larger parcels of land.
The swap would be contingent upon the passage of a two-question $615 million school bond issue voters will consider Nov. 3, as well as agreements between Wichita Public Schools and the city…