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A purchase agreement for the Ewing School property was presented to Summerland Board of Education members and discussed briefly, in open session, at the June 14 meeting.

Superintendent Kyle Finke said the agreement, for $10,000 for all property and contents, contains a contingency that a 1% sales tax would need to be passed by Ewing voters in November’s general election.

Finke left it to the board’s discretion whether to enter executive session regarding the agreement.

“I think we should,” board member Nate Schwager said, with the board entering exeutive session at 8:54 p.m. The clo...