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School District 83 Looks To Sell Unusable Property

Mar 15, 2018 | 7:19 AM

Members of the public are going to be consulted about the potential sale of some school property in the North Okanagan-Shuswap School District.

The district wants to sell some property adjacent to Shuswap Middle School.

Government-appointed trustee Mike McKay says the 4.7 acres doesn’t serve any purpose.

“And it’s not conducive to use as a school facility in the future. It’s on a pretty steep slope next to the school, so it’s not something we could see putting an addition on, or establishing portable classrooms on.”

But a sale could bring in some much needed funds.

“We certainly have some areas of the district that could use some local capital money to improve facilities for students.”

A 30 day consultation period is underway with a public meeting to be held April 10th.