Jefferson School giveaway: Can Charlottesville get it right this time?
n the center of Charlottesville's most shameful acts from the 20th century sits the Jefferson School. Symbol of segregation? Check. Survivor of Vinegar Hill urban renewal that cleared out an African-American community in the 1960s? Yep. Reminder that Charlottesville closed its schools rather than admit black children during massive resistance in 1958? Right.
Vintage school building falling silently into decrepitude while sitting on four acres of primo real estate, ripe for development? Yes.
But that's where the city and a dozen volunteers say the story veers from historical precedent, that the sale of the property will not be an Omni 2, in which the city pumped over $11 million to private interests.
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