BURTON ISD BOARD APPROVES SCHOOL SALE

  

The Burton School Board has accepted an offer of nearly a quarter-million dollars for the old elementary school.

At a special meeting, the board approved selling the building to American Kinetics for $245-thouand.

However, American Kinetics has been granted a 100-day grace period in which they will perform “more exploration and studies” to insure the property meets their requirements.

Superintendent James Palmer says the company has a number of businesses including metal work and recycling.

The facility has been up for sale for several years, ever since the district constructed a new school.

Palmer says the money—if the sale goes through—will be placed in the fund balance, and the trustees will eventually decide what to do with the money.