<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1y16lE_1F9e2RXf00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1y16lE_1F9e2RXf00" width="1200" height="600" >AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Demolition has started at the old Lamar Elementary School building. It will be replaced by the TGR Learning Lab, a project announced at the 2024 Chairman’s Press Conference at Augusta National Golf Club.The same press conference that announced the learning lab also announced renovations to The Patch.The STEAM school is supported by Augusta National Golf Club and Tiger Woods’ TGR Foundation. It is set to open in 2028 and is designed to teach more than 20,000 kids from local districts. The school will be free and will provide college and career readiness programs and youth golf programs.Donny Kitchens lives near the school and grew up across the street from the old Lamar Elementary building.“We played golf,” Kitchens said. “Kind of hit some golf balls back and forth practicing in this area.”“I have generations of my family have gone to this school and to Richmond,” Kitchens said.“We know there will be some remodeling, maybe some inside remodeling, bring it up to this day and time, but not this,” Kitchens said.Kitchens said he is excited to see kids learning next door again but is sad to see the old school go.“We have classic buildings throughout Augusta and structures throughout Augusta that have history, class and soul to them,” Kitchens said. “Augusta has a soul and they’re deleting the soul to Augusta.”“This is a historical school of generations of Augustans have ties to,” Kitchens said. “Even if it’s just the front end kept, we’d like to see that. It may be old, but it still has good bones.”</div></body>

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Demolition has started at the old Lamar Elementary School building. It will be replaced by the TGR Learning Lab, a project announced at the 2024 Chairman’s Press Conference at Augusta National Golf Club. The same press conference that announced the learning lab also announced renovations...

Demolition begins at old Lamar Elementary for TGR Learning Lab

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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Demolition has started at the old Lamar Elementary School building. It will be replaced by the TGR Learning Lab, a project annou

Demolition begins at old Lamar Elementary for TGR Learning Lab

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