Georgetown is celebrating a meaningful milestone that honors both its history and its youngest residents: the historic Howard School has been restored and repurposed as a Head Start Administration Annex, giving a beloved landmark a vibrant new chapter.

The Howard School holds a special place in Georgetown’s story as a historic Black school, and its restoration represents a powerful blend of preservation and community investment. By transforming the building into a facility that supports early childhood education and Head Start administration, the project ensures that the site continues to serve the community — now for a new generation of Georgetown families.

The news drew coverage from multiple local outlets this week, reflecting just how much the project means to residents. For many in Georgetown, seeing a building so tied to the history and resilience of the local African American community find purposeful new life is a source of genuine pride.

Head Start programs provide early learning, health, and family support services to children from low-income families, making the Howard School’s new role as an administrative annex a natural fit — a place that once educated the community is now helping to coordinate those same kinds of opportunities for the next generation.

Georgetown’s willingness to invest in both historic preservation and early childhood services is a reminder of what communities can accomplish when they look forward and backward at the same time — honoring where they’ve been while building toward something better.

Sources: Live 5 News, WCBD News 2