Sumner School's future is with the Pioneer Group
9:38 p.m. Tuesday, July 24, 2007
It is a Kansas landmark, the center of the Brown Vs. Board case. Now, Sumner School could be sold and turned into housing.
Tuesday night, more than 20 people were singing, enjoying themselves and supporting Community First.
The group wants to return the historical site to a charter school, but they may lose out to a competing bid.
"Sumner is a landmark historic site as a school, so we believe that if they give it to Mr. Freeman, they'll have to give it back to us because it belongs to us," said Sandra Lassiter of Community First.
The city manager Tuesday night accepted a competing bid from the Pioneer Group.
That group plans to renovate the Sumner School building. It would put in 21 units of senior housing and also build townhomes on the adjoining property.
A contract will be drawn up and presented to the City Council for final approval.
If approved, the Pioneer Group would have until February to meet the contract requirements
Sumner School Timeline
- Historic building could be a school again (December 21, 2006)
- Sumner School Tour (December 29, 2006)
- School board to vote on charter (January 4, 2007)
- Sumner elementary has served many purposes (January 4, 2007)
- Red light to charter schools (January 4, 2007)
- Neighbors: Renovations to historic school beneficial for community (January 5, 2007)
- Sumner School up for sale or lease (March 12, 2007)
- Sumner gets another shot at becoming a charter school (March 19, 2007)
- City wants to consider alternatives to demolition of Sumner School (June 20, 2007)
- Sumner School plans vary, but all agree to avoid demolition (June 21, 2007)
- City Council considers selling historic Sumner School (July 21, 2007)
- Sumner School's future is with the Pioneer Group (July 24, 2007)
- Community First signs contract to buy Sumner School (October, 29, 2007)
- Charter school proponents meet to rally support (Dec. 27, 2007)
- Community First won't get to buy Sumner deadline (May 30, 2008)
- Community First pleads case to council (June 4, 2008)
- Council directs staff to extend contract (June 10, 2008)
- Deadline passes for Sumner School purchase (Sept. 5, 2008)
- For auction: One historic building (Oct. 7, 2008)
- Sumner on the block January 22 (Dec. 9, 2008)
- Sumner School on the block (Jan. 5, 2009)
- Sumner School has new owner (Jan. 23, 2009)
- Ward Meade speaks out the potential owners of Sumner (Jan. 29, 2009)
- Council approves Sumner sale (Feb. 3, 2009)
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