This is ridiculous. Graves are moved all the time to accomodate development. Before it even goes that far, no one is certain if or how many graves may or may not be in or around or near this site. If graves are found, move the remains, if any, and rebury them elsewhere. The chances of remains being found are between slim and not at all. No one alive can honesty say their family members are buried on that plot of land. As such the state has a responsibility if any remains are found, no one else. It's interesting that whoever started this rumor that there were bodies buried on the site didn't bother to mark or otherwise tend the graves, oh, at least the day before the site was identified for development. There are things people really care about, then there is the nonsense they say they care about.

I'm white and I disagree with the school building anywhere near this grave. Today's in the N&O has a school board member say "we will try to build around it". Gee, I bet if it was one of their family "white" grave sites, they would push to build elsewhere.

Folks, not only is this a historical site and should remain intact AS IS, it is also a place where souls have gone to rest. The school board should rethink their plans instead of intruding.....don't you all agree? People are people, no matter what color of skin they have.

There has to be a way that honors the land AND allows for the construction of a new school.

Its a historical site and should be preserved. Build the school in a way that it wont be damaged. The school could use it as a good teaching tool.

Its our past and we have to remember it. No different than a civil war site...all part of the fight for freedom.....

"it could encroach on what they believe is a slave cemetery at the site" ...do we know for sure that it's a slave graveyard? are there any markings? what exactly is the "proximity" to the school? If it is in fact a graveyard, let's mark it and recognize it, and pay proper homage.