RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond’s Fox Elementary School is set to reopen Wednesday, marking the end of a three-and-a-half-year journey since a devastating fire nearly destroyed the historic building in February 2022.
Workers are putting the finishing touches on the school, applying paint and realigning fencing as the long-awaited reopening approaches.
“I think that it’s really pretty, but it’s just like, not as it used to be. I just like, kind of miss the old school, but I think it’s pretty nice. I’m excited to see how it is tomorrow,” said Lizzie Miller, a 7th grader who attended Fox when the fire occurred…