tə dɪtˈɜːmɪn ðə nˈuː loʊkˈeɪʃən ʌvðə skˈuːl, ˈaɪəwə sˈɪɾi ɹˈɛzᵻdənts hædtə vˈoʊt wˈɛðɚ tə bˈɪld ðə skˈuːl ɪn ɐ sˈɛntɹəl loʊkˈeɪʃən, klˈoʊsɚ tə ðɪ ɛɡzˈɪstɪŋ hˈaɪ skˈuːl, ɔːɹ ɪn ɐ mˈɔːɹnɪŋsˌaɪd loʊkˈeɪʃən, wˌɪtʃ wʌzðə nˈeɪm ʌvðə stɹˈiːt wˌɪtʃ ɪt wʊd biː bˈɪlt bˈaɪ, ˌaʊɾəv tˈaʊn ɔnðə sˈɪɾiz ˈiːst sˈaɪd.
To determine the new location of the school, Iowa City residents had to vote whether to build the school in a central location, closer to the existing high school, or in a Morningside location, which was the name of the street which it would be built by, out of town on the city's east side.