An update on the status of the West Chapel Hill Street Charter School and its controversial plans for the site:

"Leaders of a West Chapel Hill Street charter school have turned down a request that they meet with the City Council [Wednesday] to discuss the fate of two school-owned houses in an adjoining historic district.

Liz Morey, executive director of the Healthy Start Academy, wrote City Manager Tom Bonfield on Monday to say that "due to a conflict," she and other school leaders "must postpone participation until mid to late November...

The homes are in Durham's Morehead Hill historic district, in an area that's also on the National Register of Historic Places.

Morey in an interview said recent publicity about the homes has generated three leads on people or groups who might be interested in moving them off the school's property."

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The Herald Sun (10/21/09) 

Another story featuring the status of the Charter School: 

"Healthy Start Academy’s plan to move or tear down two homes in Durham’s Morehead Hills neighborhood is causing concern.
The academy, at 807 West Chapel Hill Street, serves kindergarten through eighth grade, and was the first established charter public school in North Carolina. . ."

WRAL.com (10/16/09)

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