A symposium of those in attendance will be held on Saturday, May 16, at 2 p.m. in the teaching center of the Heritage Center located at 465 Railroad Avenue in Tracy City. Oliver W. Jervis, JD, Museum Chair, Director of Exhibits and Historian will initiate the symposium with a summary of Highlander in Grundy County from 1932 to 1962. After revocation of its charter by the state of Tennessee, the school secured a new charter as Highlander Research and Education Center to be located in Knoxville. After 10 years it relocated in New Market, Tenn., where it now thrives.

In 2024 Highlander Research and Education Center acquired around 9.5 acres of the Highlander Folk School campus in Grundy County including the Harry Lasker Memorial Library that, after restoration, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Sectary of Interior.

The symposium will explore future use of the Grundy County campus.