Pennsylvania high school puts itself up for sale on eBay

This Monday, July 2, 2012, photo shows The Learning Center school in Langhorne, Pa. / AP Photo/Matt Rourke

(CBS/AP) LANGHORNE, Pa. - Forget magazine drives and candy sales. A cash-strapped high school near Philadelphia hopes to raise money by auctioning itself on eBay.

Officials at The Learning Center in Langhorne, Pa., are seeking bids starting around $600,000 to offset steep budget cuts.

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The eBay listing describes the public alternative school for at-risk teens as "pre-owned" and "slightly used," using tongue-in-cheek humor to attract bidders. As of Monday afternoon, there were three offers.

"Sure, it sounds like a great cause, but what will you, the good Samaritan, get for your investment -- besides the feel good vibe of securing the future of so many otherwise lost young souls?" reads the listing. "Hold on to your bulging wallet, 'cause delivering an education to a group of kids who could really use it, is just the beginning."

The winner won't own the school (or the students, as the listing jokes). But he or she will get a naming opportunity, a free large pizza, a coffee cup with the benefactor's name on it, passes to Neshaminy Senior High football games and the opportunity to deliver a speech on graduation day.

Principal JoAnn Holland says she hopes the auction idea, which came from a recent graduate, will draw the attention of a wealthy benefactor. Bidding ends Wednesday.

Neshaminy School District officials did not immediately return requests for comment Monday.

[hypnotoad72]

No thanks. It's been ran like a business - least amount of effort for the highest amount of profit.

[DCCorruption]

Well, thats the GOP doctrine at play here. Public schools can't pay their bills and the only way for them to continue operating is to sell out to the highest bidder. Get used to the this. This whole country is for sale.

[hypnotoad72]

I suspect politicians on both sides can be bought and paid for by the same lobbyist influences. Please give us more details on how it is exclusively a partisan issue on the part of the GOP.

And why complain? It's just business. Whole states went up for sale and people use their freedom to buy. Who gives a damn the moment somebody does something that actually affects somebody else...

Still, if the level of corruption is so high, we need change:

http://www.infowars.com/pdd-51-new-executive-order-give-obama-dictator-power/
(before anyone comments, they should read the article... either way, such responses will be interesting and I've got my popcorn all ready to go... with butter... yum!)