Those looking for a small desk or a “cute” little chair are invited to shop Saturday morning at the old Vinland Elementary School.

Baldwin school district financial director Cynde Frick said those items at Vinland unclaimed by district teachers and principals would be for sale from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the school. She and district facilities director Chuck James would run the sale.

“Just make us an offer for an item,” she said. “That’s pretty much it.”

Although much has been claimed, the materials that remain are in good condition and include school desks and small chairs made for young students, she said.

Superintendent Paul Dorathy said the Vinland school’s sale were moving forward and he hoped it could be wrapped up in about four months. The buyer, Darren Flory, who in December submitted the high bid of $301,000 for the school, was working with the county to get the property rezoned for his dairy equipment supply company, he said.

Money from the sale would be placed in the district’s capital outlay fund, Dorathy said. Although state law forbids its use for bond and interest payments and its general operating fund, the district could deposit the money in its special education, at-risk funds, Dorathy said. It made sense, however, to place the money in capital outlay because it would be one-time revenue and would be used on one-time projects. Should the district use the money for ongoing expenses, it would face to problem of identifying a replacement funding source in a year, he said.

In other news, Dorathy told the board he has found a buyer committed to buying the house on the Rhulen property. The district has been trying to sell the house for a year with the provision it be removed from the property northwest of Baldwin High School. The expense of moving the house has scared off some potential buyers.

The latest potential buyer intends to move the house to property he owns a mile away but had to go overseas for a job-related emergency for a month, Dorathy said. There were other interested buyers, but the board gave Dorathy its blessing to give the potential buyer a month to take action on the house.