Congressman Don Davis celebrates with Superintendent Eric Cunningham and Eastman descendant John Blessman.

Halifax County Schools this morning celebrated the opening of Eastman Leadership Academy for this coming school year with a ribbon-cutting.

Speakers included alumni, school board members, county commissioners, and a descendant of George Eastman, the namesake of the school.

The school will be a pre-K through eighth-grade school.

A story on the event will be posted Wednesday on rrspin