BOE sells former Lakeview School property for $25K

The Hawkins County Board of Education voted earlier this month to sell the former Lakeview School adjacent property for $25,000.

The vacant 2.5-acre property sits at the corner of Old Highway 11-W and Hagood Circle west of Rogersville, and hasn’t been used as a school for many years.

Director of Schools Matt Hixson told the BOE at its Aug. 8 meeting that the property received only one bid of $25,000, from Bill Stapleton, after it was advertised in the newspaper for 30 days.

Hixson noted that Stapleton had expressed interest in purchasing the property for $25,000 before it was advertised in the newspaper.

The action required two votes. The property was first declared as surplus by the board, and then the BOE voted to accept the $25,000 bid.