TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Heights community will learn more about its elementary school rebuild on Thursday. 

The Hillsborough County School Board will update parents, students and staff on the rebuilding project for Tampa Heights Elementary - formerly Robert E. Lee Elementary. 

The community meeting will be held Thursday at 6 p.m. at Young Middle Magnet School, located at 1807 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd.

Located at 305 East Columbus Drive, the campus caught on fire in September 2017, in the days after Hurricane Irma. The fire marshal concluded the fire was accidental and caused by an electrical surge.

Built by volunteers in 1906, the school was first named Michigan Avenue Grammar School and was renamed Robert E. Lee Elementary in 1943. It become the district's first magnet school in 1993. 

The school board voted to rebuild the school in October 2018 after the district negotiated full payment for the building from the insurance companies. Hillsborough County Public Schools has zero cost to rebuild the school.

The school board agreed on the school's new name a month later. 

Construction crews will use the preserved historic exterior of the school. 

To learn more about the project updates visit the Tampa Heights Renovation Project webpage.