The building formerly known as Mill Street Elementary will now don the name of the first African American member of the Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees.
LISD approved naming the building the Vernell Gregg Early Childhood Center at the district’s regular board meeting Monday evening.
The name change was greeted with support from County Commissioner Bobbie Mitchell, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson, Denton County Democratic Party Chair Delia Parker-Mims, Lewisville City Council members Ronni Cade and Lonnie Tipton and activist Jacqueline L. Shaw, among many others.
“[Gregg] not only worked to make the school district better, she took care of the community,” said Mitchell. “Some students in the Lewisville community didn’t have food to eat, clothes to wear or a way to get an education – Mrs. Gregg made sure that was done.”…