Friday, July 24, 2020

Robert E. Lee high school in Virginia gets a name change: It's now John R. Lewis


Great. Shameful to have a public school named for Lee in the first place.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/07/23/john-lewis-new-name-fairfax-virginia-robert-e-lee-high-school/5498267002/

Elinor Aspegren
July 23, 2020


The eleventh largest school district in the U.S. has renamed a high school formerly known as Robert E. Lee High School after late civil rights icon John Lewis.

Fairfax County's school board voted Thursday to rename the school after the late U.S. congressman. The new name, John R. Lewis High School, goes into effect this school year.

Representative Tamara Derenak Kaufax, who is a boardmember for where the school is located in Springfield, near Washington, D.C., proposed a resolution to remove the Confederate general's name from the school in February.

Several board members clapped and cheered when the unanimous vote was announced.

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While the nation reacted to his death with an outpouring of grief and accolades, Lewis' name had been on the school district's short list even before last week.

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