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This iconic oak is back home in a new form at Lanier College & Career Academy

Lanier College & Career Academy at The Oaks was built in 2010 around a 150-year-old red oak tree, which gave the school its name. Photo courtesy Jamey Moore

05072020 OAK 5.jpg — Lanier College & Career Academy at The Oaks was built in 2010 around a 150-year-old red oak tree, which gave the school its name. Photo courtesy Jamey Moore

The iconic red oak tree that once graced Lanier College & Career Academy at The Oaks has returned home. In December 2016, the tree — which lived to around 150 years old — was cut down.