The school was originally founded in 1958 as an elementary school for students in grades K5 - grade 8 near the intersection of Old Buncombe Road and Cedar Lane Road. The land was donated in part by the Cone family in memory of Mr. Herman Cone, a former executive of Cone Mills. The school was then named in honor of Mr. Cone.
When the school opened in 1958, the staff consisted of teachers from the old American Spinning School. The pupils attending the new school came from the old American Spinning School, Monaview School, and Sans Souci School. In the fall of 1964, the students from Park Place School were placed at Cone following the closing of that school. Also, students attending the Poe Mill School were assigned to Cone following that school’s closing in 1965. For a period of six years, children who finished the sixth grade at Monaview were sent to Cone to attend the seventh grade.
he school was originally founded in 1958 as an elementary school for students in grades K5 - grade 8 near the intersection of Old Buncombe Road and Cedar Lane Road. The land was donated in part by the Cone family in memory of Mr. Herman Cone, a former executive of Cone Mills. The school was then named in honor of Mr. Cone.
When the school opened in 1958, the staff consisted of teachers from the old American Spinning School. The pupils attending the new school came from the old American Spinning School, Monaview School, and Sans Souci School. In the fall of 1964, the students from Park Place School were placed at Cone following the closing of that school. Also, students attending the Poe Mill School were assigned to Cone following that school’s closing in 1965. For a period of six years, children who finished the sixth grade at Monaview were sent to Cone to attend the seventh grade.