LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Sands Consolidated Independent School District is opening the doors of its old school building for a one-day sale of surplus furniture and equipment Saturday.
Instead of discarding unused desks, chairs and other items, the district is offering the public a chance to purchase them. Superintendent Wayne Henderson said the sale can give the items a new purpose.
“It’s really just what’s left and to try and let people have an opportunity if they want to come in and get something at a decent price and something they will utilize down the road instead of just throwing it in the trash,” Henderson said.
Sands CISD opens old school for one-day sale of surplus furniture and equipment(KCBD)One last look
Henderson said the event is also an opportunity for past graduates to walk the halls one final time and purchase pieces of their history.
“This was just another opportunity for the community to come in and say their goodbyes to the building, so to speak, but also kind of reminisce about seeing some of these old desks,” Henderson said. “I guarantee some of them have been here since the ’60s. I know some people I have seen say, ‘I want that one because that was my second-grade classroom,’ and I say okay.”
Henderson said items were pulled from throughout the building ahead of the sale.
“We got this stuff left over that was in nooks and crannies and maybe it was in a classroom that somebody didn’t want in auction, so we pulled it back out,” Henderson said. “It is one of those deals where you just gotta open it up and let everybody kind of come through.”
Sale Details
The sale runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the school in Ackerly, located approximately one hour south of Lubbock on U.S. 87. The event is open to the public.
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