The site of the former Canal Street Elementary School in Jeanerette which should be sold on Wenesday.

In 2008, the former Canal Street Elementary School closed. On Wednesday, that land and two other properties owned by the Iberia Parish School Board are expected to sell.

The board will receive and open three bids for the properties, which will be followed by a vote on which bid to choose.

The former Canal Street Elementary School in Jeanerette was once a thriving school with close to 600 students in 1998, but by 2008 that number was down to 212 in pre-k to second grade.

Bids will also be opened on a wooden frame house located on Myrna Street in Loreauville and a property located at 418 School Board Dr. at the Acadiana Regional Airport.

In other business, the board will approve progress payments on five separate projects currently happening in the Iberia Parish School District that amount to an estimated total of $219,219.

The projects include a chiller replacement, communication upgrade, camera system, restroom epoxy floors and roof refurbishment.

The board will vote to approve the payments as presented by architect Paul Allain.

Finally, the board will go into executive session in order to discuss performance goals and objective for Superintendent of Schools Heath Hulin.

The meeting takes place at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the school board’s administrative office on Jane Street.