Eva Harris Alternative School and a former principal’s andcoach’s house on the Enterprise Attendance Center campus are forsale.

The two buildings will be sold separately after the LincolnCounty Board of Education declared them as surplus propertyMonday.

The centralized alternative school became expendable in Januarywhen the board approved a plan by Superintendent Terry Brister torelocate alternative students to their respective campuses.

Eva Harris, Brister said, simply no longer meets the needs ofthe district.

“I looked at it to see what we could use it for in the future. Icouldn’t see any way it would help us, because of future plans andthe progress of the Lincoln County School District,” he said.

Brister said several issues were considered in making thedecision, including the new bond-funded facilities, other availablelocations for future plans, cost of maintaining the building andinsurance premiums.

“I didn’t see it playing a role in the future of this district,”he said.

The superintendent said he and the board are beginning todiscuss some changes in the district that would require locating orrelocating some existing or new services, but Eva Harris was not alocation being considered in those plans.

“That played a major role in my decision-making, because we maydo some other things at other sites,” he said. “I’m looking at itall.”

He declined to discuss what those plans might be.

“We’re in the talking phase of changing other locations andfacilities, but Eva Harris would not accommodate them,” he said.”It’s really too early to talk about those plans.”

At Enterprise, Principal Bruce Falvey said campus expansions in1999 and the current bond-funded construction each took a slice ofthe existing parking lot, and faculty and student parking at theschool was beginning to become critical.

“Parking is not very plentiful and we just need more of it,” hesaid. “We’ve continued to grow and the more people you have, themore vehicles you have.”

The need is apparent daily, Falvey said, but especially duringathletic events.

The 1940s-era home, which has served the district in the past asa principal’s and coach’s home, has outlived its usefulness,Brister said.

“It’s basically not going to serve us in the future, and we needthe space,” he said. “All four schools have parking problems, andwe are trying to address them as quickly as we can. This will solvethe problem at one of those schools.”

Until recently, Brister said, Jerry Meador had been living inthe house. When he was promoted to principal of Bogue ChittoAttendance Center late last year,he moved. No one has lived in thehouse since Meador moved out around Christmas.