Hibbing School Board considers offer on closed elementary school

HIBBING — The Hibbing School Board considered an offer on the Greenhaven Elementary School building at its Wednesday, Sept. 9, meeting.

The school closed at the end of the last school year amid budget concerns.

The Board met behind closed doors for almost an hour and a half to deliberate on the offer.

Board members would not name the prospective buyer or the sale amount, but the sale price was set at $5 million at a meeting in June.

The Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency expressed interest in the building around the time the board began considering the closure.

The agency’s Executive Director Mark Page attended the closed session meeting.

Superintendent Carrie McDonald said Board members raised questions about the offer during the closed session.

Now, a realtor will hunt down answers and report back before the next meeting. The board is represented by Perrella and Associates in Hibbing.

"Once we get that information back, the board is going to reconvene in a closed session with that information and then decide on what they're going to do on the offer," she said.

Megan Buffington

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In March, the Board voted to close Greenhaven Elementary amid plans to address the district's $2 million budget deficit. The closure was projected to save the district around $516,000. That estimate did not include any revenue from the sale of the building.

Hibbing students started their school year on Wednesday.

Last year, students in the second and third grades attended Greenhaven Elementary. Following the closure, second through fifth graders will now go to Lincoln Elementary.

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School Board member Sarah Gabardi attended an assembly at Lincoln on the first day of school. At the Board meeting later that day, she spoke about seeing the new grouping in action.

"The elementary feeling of that building is going to be great for all of the kids," she said.

Sixth graders also moved to Hibbing High School this year. McDonald said she was excited to see the hallways filled with more students following the move.

"I have to say," she said, "walking through the high school and seeing these hallways brought [me] back to my original years here when we were packed. You know what? It was such a good feeling to see kids in the hallway because the last few years, it's been empty."

The next Hibbing School Board meeting is Sept. 23.