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DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) The newest elementary school in the Durham Public Schools district will be named after a family of Black farmers.
Lyons Farm Elementary School is the name chosen after nearly 700 community members weighed in with their suggestions and comments about the name for the upcoming school.
The school will be located in southern Durham off Scott King Road. The property once hosted farmhouses and a thriving tobacco boom.
The Lyons family once owned the land and leased portions of it out to tobacco farmers. The family worked tirelessly through post-reconstruction and much of the 1900s against attempts to remove them from the land they rightfully owned.
Durham County Schools announces name of newest elementary school
The Durham County School Board voted Thursday and approved to name the district s newest school Lyons Farm Elementary School.