Virginia board is set to return names of the Confederate generals Stonewall Jackson, Turner Ashby and Robert E Lee to two schools after they were changed during George Floyd protests
Two Virginia schools which had been named after Confederate generals and soldiers and which changed their names in the wake of the 2020 murder of George Floyd, are to revert back to their earlier names.
The Shenandoah County School Board changed Stonewall Jackson High School to Mountain View High School and Ashby-Lee Elementary School to Honey Run Elementary School in Quicksburg, following a board vote in July 2020 and final approval in January 2021.
But less than two years later, a petition was launched to gauge the strength of feeling on reverting the schools back to their original names.
Vocal opposition came from community members and alumni with more than 4,000 people signing the petition to switch the names back.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rals-dropping-titles-George-Floyd-murder.html
Two Virginia schools which had been named after Confederate generals and soldiers and which changed their names in the wake of the 2020 murder of George Floyd, are to revert back to their earlier names.
The Shenandoah County School Board changed Stonewall Jackson High School to Mountain View High School and Ashby-Lee Elementary School to Honey Run Elementary School in Quicksburg, following a board vote in July 2020 and final approval in January 2021.
But less than two years later, a petition was launched to gauge the strength of feeling on reverting the schools back to their original names.
Vocal opposition came from community members and alumni with more than 4,000 people signing the petition to switch the names back.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rals-dropping-titles-George-Floyd-murder.html
