Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District to sell two buildings

Philipsburg-Osceola took steps to unload two buildings on Tuesday.

The board approved a contract with auctioneer Ronald Gilligan to sell both the Wallaceton-Boggs Elementary School in Wallaceton and the Philipsburg-Osceola Area Junior High building on Sixth Street in Philipsburg. The auctioneer would take a 5 percent commission on the sale of the structures.

The last school building sold by the district was the former Philipsburg Elementary on Ninth Street more than eight years ago. Wallaceton-Boggs has been closed for several years with children redistricted into the district’s other elementary schools. The junior high closed at the end of the 2012-13 school year and was replaced by the newly completed P-O Middle School.

Gilligan was also contracted to sell the contents of the junior high at a commission of 16 percent. He previously auctioned the contents of Wallaceton-Boggs. That sale in August netted the district $24,500 after the auctioneer’s fees and costs.

Previous auctions and sales of district property have actually cost the district money, officials have told the board in the past.

This story was originally published March 12, 2014 at 12:56 AM with the headline "Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District to sell two buildings."