With students and teachers preparing for the new school year, now just weeks away, New Hanover County’s oldest high school is preparing to show off its new look.

“Making sure school buildings are reused as soon as possible is crucial if we continue to see school closures throughout the city,” Schweitzer wrote.

The $30 million Mt. Hope School was built with revenue from a $130 million bond proposal approved by Lansing voters in 2022.

LOST GYMS: Crawfordsville was Indiana's 'Cradle of Basketball' and its gym had a 'Roman theater feel to it' “We used to call it the ‘Snake Pit’ because it felt like the crowd would come down ...

This is the sixth of a 10-part series featuring some of Indiana high school basketball 's "Lost Gyms." CRAWFORDSVILLE – John Jones can stand at midcourt of the gym where he played high school ...