The Atlanta Board of Education voted Monday to form a task force to decide what to do about the old building that was once Martin Luther King Jr.’s elementary school.

The group will evaluate options for the future of David T. Howard School, which has been closed since 1976.

Parents have said they’re concerned that the building, located in the city’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood, could be demolished.

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Students line up after school for school buses at Sequoyah Middle School in Doraville on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. The school’s principal told teachers not to talk to students about ICE, and teachers and activists are pushing back. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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Students line up after school for school buses at Sequoyah Middle School in Doraville on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. The school’s principal told teachers not to talk to students about ICE, and teachers and activists are pushing back. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Credit: arvin.temkar@ajc.com