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    MNPS to demolish Stokes School, lease new building to Lipscomb

    Lipscomb education majors soon will have access to a new development center, while Stokes School becomes a memory. Earlier this year, Metro Nashville Public Schools filed a demolition permit for the former Stokes Elementary School and installed a fence around it, which is MNPS property loaned to Lipscomb University for use as additional parking. The building “is no longer suitable for occupation or use,” said Sean Braisted, MNPS chief of communications and technology. “The permit is currently under review by the Metro Historic Zoning Commission.” Tim Walker, executive director of the Nashville Historical Commission, confirmed to Herd Media that the commission surveyed Stokes School and determined it to be a…

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    Parking on campus: is it as bad as you think?

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    Parking is a problem that Lipscomb University has faced since (what seems like) the beginning of time. It’s maddening. It’s frustrating. It’s… maybe not as bad as you think. There are 1,367 spots on this campus for students, including the 68 handicap-accessible spots. That number seems pretty irrelevant when it takes 20 minutes to find a parking spot on campus, but maybe we just aren’t looking in the right place.