Breaking News:

– Big Park School Property Appraised –

These excerpts are from the Red Rock News, May 25, 2025 – For additional details read the full Red Rock News article by Joseph K. Giddens.

The Sedona-Oak Creek School District [SOCUSD] Governing Board announced during its May 13 meeting that the shuttered Big Park Community School in the Village of Oak Creek had been appraised at a reconciled “as is” market value of $9.5 million, as of April 3, which takes into account $300,000 in deferred roof maintenance.

The appraisal represents a milestone in SOCSD’s effort to potentially divest itself of the property, which the district no longer wishes to manage or invest in since it ceased serving students after the board closed the campus in May 2018 due to declining enrollment.

The next SOCSD school board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 3, at 4 p.m. at the Sedona Performing Arts Center. Hawley said that the board would discuss the Big Park property at that time and that there was “a good possibility” the board will vote on seeking a broker for the property.

Regular Public Meeting (SOCUSD):
Tuesday, June 3 at 4:00
Sedona Performing Arts Center
995 Upper Red Rock Loop Road, Sedona