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Controversy continues over IC land purchase
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The battle continues over the $150,000 purchase price for land that Irving College supporters want the county to buy, saying the school system overspent on land for other schools.“You’ve set a precedent in the past,” said County Commissioner Michael Shane Wilcher during his address of the Board of Education which met at Warren County High School’s auditorium Thursday night.Wilcher, along with fellow County Commissioners Randy England and Scott Rubley, addressed the School Board, all supporting spending $150,000 to buy 10 additional acres that border the present Irving College campus. There is presently a $3 million expansion and improvement program underway at Irving College and some say the land is needed for the school to be functional and secure. Wilcher pointed out the school system spent significantly above fair market value to purchase land for the Morrison and Dibrell school projects.