Virginia school board to vote whether to reverse school names originally named after Confederates
May 8, 2024
WOODSTOCK, Va. — A group of supporters in Warren County is prepared to support their neighbors in Shenandoah County fight against an effort to reverse school names back to their original Confederate names.
The Shenandoah County School Board is expected to vote on a request by the group Coalition for Better Schools to restore the names of two schools that were changed amid the racial reckoning in 2020.
The school board then changed Stonewall Jackson High School to Mountain View High School and Ashby Lee Elementary School to Honey Run Elementary School. The same group attempted to reverse the names in 2022 but it was stalled by school board members in a 3-3 vote.
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