building itself at 301 Louis Street in the Riverview has never left its mission of being a sanctuary for the education of children. When the school closed in 1966, the government's Head Start Program immediately moved in and took over some of the classrooms, and to this day, Head Start pre-school students receive basic education that prepares them for entry into elementary school. Later, Kingsport Parks and Recreation took over operations of the sports facilities of the building, along with the Upper East Tennessee Human Resources Agency, a non-profit organization that provides public assistance to low-income residents. Notable faculty and alumni H. L. Moss – Principal 1913-1924 Albert Howell - Principal 1924-1942 V. O. Dobbins – Principal 1942-1966 Future The old Douglass High School building (now the V.O. Dobbins Sr. Complex) has been renovated and remodeled into Kingsport's non-profit center, an idea borne from Kingsport Mayors Dennis Phillips and Jeanette Blazer, to gather all of the city's non-profit agencies under one roof. The total cost of the project is $8.4 million, and the list of non-profit agencies with offices in the building are: The Sons and Daughters of Douglass Alumni Association, Inc. (a non-profit 501 (c) 3 Tennessee corporation) The United Way of Greater Kingsport The American Legion Upper East Tennessee Human Development Agency (UETHDA) and its Neighborhood Service Center Big Brothers/Big Sisters Local ALS chapter The Palmer Center Mountain Region Speech and Hearing Kingsport Parks and Recreation Office The non-profit agencies are housed in a 3-story tower. The Douglass Alumni Association offices and Community Room also house the Carver Resource Center, that replaces the former Carver Library, the only branch of the Kingsport Public Library. Kingsport Parks and Recreation is in charge of a new gymnasium built alongside the old school gym. The Upper East Tennessee Human Development Agency's Kingsport Headstart program has the largest child enrolment in the 13 counties in the Upper East Tennessee district, and has classroom space in the building. As stewards of the new building, the non-profit Sons and Daughters of Douglass Alumni Association is headquartered in the building for meetings, and operations of its "Sons and Daughters of Douglass" website. The website serves as a news outlet for the nearby Riverview neighborhood and the local community, while remembering and commemorating the heritage of the largest African-American school in upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. External links Sons And Daughters of Douglass GRC Construction-Cain,