Ligon Middle School’s legacy as a former segregated Black high school will be preserved through a new design that will promote the history of the school.
The Wake County school board approved a design Tuesday that will feature a ceremonial lobby with artifacts from the former high school. The design will be part of a $121 million project that will see the historic building demolished and rebuilt as a new state-of-the-art facility.
School board chair Tyler Swanson said he had reviewed the minutes of the old Raleigh City school board when Ligon opened in the 1950s. Swanson said the new school will help address wrongs such as how Ligon had originally failed inspection due to getting inadequate resources…