Newberry Community School ribbon cutting marks new chapter in local education

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Community leaders, elected officials, teachers and staff, and other supporters came together on Friday morning to celebrate the ribbon-cutting of Newberry Community School (NCS), a new conversion public charter school in Alachua County. Photo by Nick Anschultz Newberry Community School Principal Lacy Roberts spent 12 years serving in the same role at Newberry Elementary School. Photo by Nick Anschultz Current and former Newberry Community School Board members listen as Board Chair Derek Danne gives remarks at the ribbon cutting. Photo by Nick Anschultz Newberry Community School is operating out of the former Newberry Elementary School building. Photo by Nick Anschultz A patriotic-themed bulletin board seen in one of the hallways at Newberry Community School.