MINOOKA — Minooka Grade School District 201 and Minooka Community High School District 111 will join forces and purchase the former 84 Lumber buildings on Minooka Road to use as a bus barn.

The grade school district discussed the issue at their July Board of Education meeting to get a jump on acquiring the building. The purchase was approved by the Dist. 201 board at the August meeting on Wednesday.

Minooka High School’s Board of Education also approved the purchase during executive session the prior week.