Albany County School Board Removes Sale of Old Slade School
Albany County School District number one posted a notice on December nine that the December ten School Board meeting agenda was amended to remove the agenda item titled Offers to Purchase 1212 Baker Street, the Old Slade School. The item was pulled pending statutory clarification and will be returned for future consideration, a change that affects residents tracking the potential disposition of public property.
On December nine the Albany County School District number one formally amended the agenda for its December ten School Board meeting to remove an item titled Offers to Purchase 1212 Baker Street, known locally as the Old Slade School. The notice said the agenda item was withdrawn pending statutory clarification and that it would be brought back for consideration at a later date. The notice is signed by the School Board chair and explains where official minutes are available for public inspection.
The removal of the item interrupted a process that had reached the public agenda stage, signaling unresolved legal questions about the district moving forward with offers to buy a former school building. For residents this means a prospective transaction that had generated interest, questions, or concern will be delayed while the board and its advisers seek clarification on the legal framework that governs the sale or transfer of district property.
School boards are the local decision makers on surplus property but must operate within state law and district policy. With the agenda item withdrawn, the board has paused action to avoid a decision that could later be challenged on procedural or statutory grounds. That pause preserves the district from taking a binding step before it satisfies whatever legal interpretation or guidance the board is awaiting.
The district provided formal documentation of the procedural change, including the chair s signature and direction about public access to meeting minutes. For community members following the fate of the Old Slade School the next opportunities to learn details will come when the item returns to a future agenda and when the official minutes from recent meetings are posted for inspection. The delay underscores the importance of transparency and public oversight when public bodies consider the disposition of community assets, and it gives residents additional time to review proposed terms and seek information from the board.
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