A Rainbow District School Board trustee says the former AB Ellis Public School in Espanola has been declared surplus.
Trustee Bob Clement told The Moose the motion allows for the property to be now sold on the open market.
Just over a year ago, the board passed another motion stating the school would be demolished to make way for some 150 parking spaces.
However, Clement says a section adjacent to the Bourcier Funeral Home could be severed, rezoned and used for the required parking.
He adds that would leave the school and the rest of the large property available for purchase.
Clement says he does not know how much the property would be listed for, but under the legislation it must be market value.
The declaration now opens the door for the Save AB Ellis Public School Committee to look at various options in saving the school and retrofitting it for other uses, such as senior housing and/or as an art and drama and possible theatre centre.