The board of the Chinook's Edge School Division has approved the conditional sale of Bowden's long-standing Instructional Media Centre (IMC) site.
The conditional sale was approved during the April 11 board meeting.
Officials with the school division declined to release financial details of the conditional sale.
The Bowden deal comes as a result of space opening up in Innisfail with last year's closure of Chinook Center School, which is physically part of the school division's Central Office.
The IMC in Bowden had been in place for more than 20 years and was once deemed a convenient central location for the distribution of instructional materials, including videos and books.
"It was very useful for us, but once we went through changing up with the closure of Chinook Center School, that created new space centrally, so that was part of the board's overall perspective from a corporate point of view in trying to create efficiencies," said Kurt Sacher, the school division's superintendent of schools.
"With the new space in Innisfail, we were able to move the IMC into our building here in Innisfail, which is still very central. The cost of maintaining and running that building in Bowden is no longer with us so that created an efficiency as well."
Shawn Russell, the school division's associate superintendent, said the efficiencies with having the IMC in Innisfail will mean a savings of more than $30,000 a year. He said the Bowden sale is still waiting for ministerial approval, adding there is a condition the buyer has to meet, which could take a few weeks.
The IMC in Bowden had two employees and both have been transferred to its new location, which became operational under the same IMC name in early 2018.
