297.1 - LOCATION. - Iowa Statutes

297.1 LOCATION. The board of each school district may fix the site for each schoolhouse, which shall be upon some public highway already established or procured by such board and not in any public park, and except in cities and villages, not less than thirty rods from the residence of any landowner who objects thereto. In fixing such site, the board shall take into consideration the number of scholars residing in the various portions of the school district and the geographical location and convenience of any proposed site.          Section History: Early Form [R60, § 2037; C73, § 1724, 1825, 1826; C97, § 2773, 2814; S13, § 2773, 2814; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 4359; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 297.1]