District aims to preserve history of primary school
A first-grade art class in 1969 at the Oglethorpe Consolidated School, which was only for Black students
The Oglethorpe Consolidated School in the 1960s. This building is now the Oglethorpe County Primary School. (Submitted Photo)
Students build a pyramid during May Day activities in 1962. (Submitted Photos)
Students participate in the maypole tradition on May Day at the Oglethorpe Consolidated School in 1969. (Submitted Photo)
A basketball game was played in Lexington Gym in 1966. (Submitted Photo)
Ed Sanders said he and other former students of the Oglethorpe Consolidated School hate the reality of their former building being torn down — but they understand the need.
