The owners of the property directly north of Lincoln Elementary in Pella, located at 1114 Broadway, recently approached the school district to see if they had interest in purchasing their land. Superintendent Greg Ebeling says that the board chose to buy the land for $125,000, the amount it was appraised at, because it will help with the site development and give the district some flexibility around the new school that they wouldn’t have without the additional piece of property. He adds that the area will allow them to redesign the way the traffic flows in and out of the property.