BUTLER TWP — The Butler School Board may consider selling Oakland Township Elementary School for less than the amount it had previously agreed to.

The sale of the school for $363,600 to businessman Monty Edgar was approved by Butler County Judge S. Michael Yeager in September.

The sale has not closed because there are unspecified issues with the well water at the school, which the district has been working to identify and correct, using engineering firm Gannett Fleming. Officials do not know what must be done or how much it would cost.

Since the district has already spent more than $10,000 to investigate the problem there, the board has the option to cancel the sale, per the terms of the sales agreement, district solicitor Tom King said at Monday's night's meeting.

Edgar, who was at the meeting Monday, said that he is still interested in the property.

“I still want to see this close,” he said.

King asked Edgar to make a new offer for the board to consider, in writing, before its next meeting May 8. The amended offer would have to be approved again by Yeager, but the board could vote to sell the building to Edgar “as is” instead of fixing the well.

Acting Superintendent William Pettigrew said work on investigating the problems at that building has been largely put on hold because Gannett Fleming has also been working with the district on the issues at Summit Township Elementary School.

Edgar owns Woodbine Oaks, a mobile home park located adjacent to the school property, and had said he planned to use the building for commercial rental space and for his electric business.

The well water in that area has been a problem, he said Monday. He said that he had five working wells on his property and he lost three of them over time because of problems with low water and total dissolved solids, which is a measure of dissolved metals, minerals and other materials.

Based on his research, drilling a new well would be very costly and is not guaranteed to be successful, he said.

The school, located on Chicora Road, was closed after the 2014-15 school year as part of the district's consolidation plan.