Plans to purchase Athens High School
By: Marquel Sennet
Updated: December 12, 2012
Residents
in the town of Athens, Louisiana are fighting to take their school back! The Claiborne Parish School Board closed the
high school earlier this year. Now community
members say they're willing to buy it.
Residents
believe it costs anywhere from $30,000 to upwards of $100,000. Regardless residents say the building needs
to remain in the hands of the community.
The school
system's superintendent, Dr. Janice Williams says a dollar figure hasn't been
put on the table. She says the school has to be appraised. After that the school board will be ready to
sell to the highest bidder.
A meeting will be held January 4th at 6:30PM at St. Rest Baptist Church. Dr. Williams says the group has until March to come up with a plan for the school. She doesn't want the building to remain vacant too much longer
