CLEARFIELD – A former elementary school has been sold by the Clearfield Area School District.
At a special meeting Monday, the Clearfield Area School Board voted to authorize the sale of the former Bradford Township Elementary School and any remaining contents to Cen-Clear Child Services Inc., a 501c3 non-profit entity.
The sale of the property is to be completed as per the requirements of P.S. 7-707 pertaining to the sale of unused and unnecessary lands and buildings. The building and remaining contents will be sold for no less than $70,000.
According to previously published GantDaily articles in March, the school board authorized its administration to seek a professional to handle the public auction of the former Bradford and Centre Elementary Schools and the Clearfield Area Middle School and their contents, as well as for any further property needing to be disposed of in accordance with Public School Code.
The district permanently closed the Bradford and Centre Elementary Schools and the middle school in 2013 as part of its consolidation into two school buildings.
Further, it consolidated all of its classrooms into the Clearfield Area Junior-Senior High School and the Clearfield Area Elementary School at the beginning of the 2014-15 academic year.
The district had closed the Girard-Goshen School in 2012, due to problems with the building’s roof. The district is still in litigation regarding the roof.
Students in grade K-6 now attend classes at the Clearfield Area Elementary School, while students in grades 7-12 attend classes at the junior-senior high school.
Both buildings were renovated and expanded to accommodate the extra students and faculty. The district’s administrative offices have also been moved to the junior-senior high school.