Wake County district says it can build around cemetery site

Wake County (N.C.) school administrators believe they can build around a possible slave cemetery on the site of a new high school. Neighbors of the proposed school say it shouldn't be built because it would desecrate what they think is a slave cemetery.
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EARLIER: The discovery of a possible slave cemetery could be the latest obstacle to building a new high school in northeastern Wake County, N.C. Neighbors of the proposed high school have long opposed the project because of traffic concerns. Now they say it shouldn't be built because it would mean desecrating what they think is a slave cemetery. Even though the Wake County Board of Commissioners has agreed to buy the land, residents hope to build enough public pressure to kill the deal.
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Wake County (N.C.) commissioners have reversed themselves and voted 5-2 to spend up to $4.8 million to buy land for a new high school. The commissioners last month had rejected a plan to buy the 80-acre tract after a majority of the board expressed concern about an estimated $2.1 million in additional costs to remove a large amount of granite on the site. School district officials ask the county board to reconsider, arguing that the tract was the only available land in its target area south of Rolesville that was suitable for a high school. A developer selling part of the assembled land to the school system also agreed to drop the price by about $400,000.To read The Raleigh News & Observer article, click here.