Ask Mr. Answer Person: As follow up to our earlier post this week, a reader asks, "What happened to the private funds that were collected for the high school/city tennis court project?"

The funds collected several years ago from private contributions remain designated in an "activities account" of the Decorah Community Schools. According to Adam Riley, associate principal, there was about $5,000 in contributions at that time, but the account has grown to about $7,000 with some additional money added via student fundraisers, etc.

The tennis court project is a 50/50 split between the school district and the City of Decorah. The total estimated cost of the project was about $250,000 and Riley is optimistic that with the current bidding environment the cost will remain about the same.