FPC pastor Chip Miller, original board member Harriet Comer, elementary school principal Wade Putnal, FPD Downtown aide Mandy Harris, headmaster Gregg Thompson, teacher Allison Lucas, director Jean O’Dillon and board member Saynor Foshee help students with the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the FPD Downtown campus in November.
Returning Home
New downtown campus opens at First Presbyterian Church. A dream several years in the making was realized when FPD’s new downtown campus opened its doors in August. Housed at First Presbyterian Church, whose leaders had the vision and laid the foundation for FPD in the late 1960s, the school welcomed seven pre-K students on Aug. 11, the first day of classes. FPD Downtown was created to serve students of parents who live or work near downtown Macon. Faculty member Jean O’Dillon serves as extended day director at FPD Downtown, while Allison Lucas is the 3K-4K teacher and Mandy Harris serves as Lucas’ aide. The school will add a grade each year through the fifth grade. Dozens of folks turned out for the ribbon cutting ceremony in November, including FPC pastor Chip Miller and several former and current board members. “It is amazing to see what has happened and to be a part of it,” said Harriet Comer, one of the school’s original board members. “I never dreamed that we would be the size that we are now, for us to have another part of the school back at the church.”
FPD Magazine Spring 2012
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