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Two years after plans for the once Black high school were revealed, the former school building is still sitting and awaiting its fate. In December, we shared with readers the latest information we had regarding Dunbar. Almost a year later, not much has changed.
In April 2021, we launched our first investigative series focused on the history of the institutions which once, during segregation, educated only Black students in Lexington.
A controversial project that planted many residents who live near Dunbar School on opposite sides of the spectrum from city of Lexington representatives is once again making headlines.
Our first investigative series focused on the history of the institutions which once, during segregation, educated only Black students in Lexington.
A reversal on masking, a few unsung heroes, apprentices and a conversion project delay all landed in the Top 5 this week.
The plan to convert Dunbar School on Smith Ave. into affordable, senior housing has encountered a setback.
In 2006, the Lexington City Schools (LCS) Board of Education voted to build a new, state-of-the-art school on Cornelia St.
When the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte [the Diocese] purchased Dunbar School in 2009 from Lexington City Schools [LCS], they had a vision.
The bitter aftermath of last summer’s vote by the Lexington City Council to approve a zoning permit for Shelter Investments Development Corporation (SIDC) to convert Dunbar School on Smith Ave. into affordable, senior housing has been widespread throughout the Black community.
Dunbar School was once again a hot topic at Monday night’s city council meeting.
Last summer, during a regularly scheduled meeting, the Lexington City Council voted 5-4 to grant a zoning permit to Shelter Investments Development Corporation (SIDC) to convert Dunbar School, once home to the city’s only black high school (and sitting vacant since 2008), on Smith Ave. into affordable, senior housing.
