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Public asks board about maintenance responsibility for fire station on school land; staff to investigate deed and partnership options

2734308 · March 22, 2025
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Summary

A volunteer firefighter told the board the Bonnie Croft fire station sits on school-owned land and the station building needs upgrades that the department cannot complete while the property remains on the school’s asset rolls. Board members asked staff to review deeds and discuss options with county officials and the fire department.

A representative of the Bonnie Croft Volunteer Fire Department told the White County Board of Education at its March 20 meeting that the fire station on school property dates to 1978 and that modern apparatus and vehicles no longer comfortably fit the building.

Public commenter Shannon Smith said earlier-generation deeds and informal arrangements leave the…

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