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School board approves one-year lease extensions, raises community lease rates to $8 per square foot
Summary
Missoula County Public Schools trustees approved one-year extensions for three nonprofit tenants and a phased increase in lease rates to $8 per square foot in August 2025 (with a proposed $10 rate in August 2026). Elementary trustees voted 4 in favor, 1 abstention.
Trustees of the Missoula County Public Schools approved one-year lease extensions and a rate increase for three community organizations, voting 4–0 with one abstention among elementary trustees to raise the base lease from $5 to $8 per square foot beginning August 2025.
The change covers one-year extensions for Cancer Support Community Montana, Studio M and Friends of the Children and phases a further increase to $10 per square foot in August 2026 (the board amended the motion to adopt only the first-year $8 increase; the second-year figure was discussed but not adopted as part of the final elementary vote).
The board framed the change as an attempt to better offset ongoing facility maintenance costs while preserving near-term stability for existing tenants. Burley McWilliams, director of facilities, told trustees the district had set lease rates at $3 per square foot in early 2024, later…
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