Three years after residents approved a $129.7 million bond for improvements in the Lansing School District’s infrastructure, a local state representative is asking state taxpayers for money to upgrade a district-own facility.
An earmark request sponsored by Rep. Kara Hope, D-Holt, asks for $5.2 million from the 2026 state budget to renovate the Don Johnson Fieldhouse. The facility was once part of Eastern High School, which has since been shuttered due to low enrollment in the district.
The high school building was razed after the Sparrow Health System purchased it for $2.5 million, according to a 2016 district press release. But the district still owns the fieldhouse and uses it for various events…