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The measure would reverse the board’s decision in 2020 to change the names of schools that had been linked to Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Turner Ashby, three men who led the pro-slavery ...
By a 5-1 vote, the Shenandoah County board overturned its 2020 decision that stripped a public high school and elementary school of their original names honoring three military leaders of the pro ...
The 5-1 vote the school board decided to reinstate the names Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby Lee Elementary School. The names honor Confederate Gens. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Robert ...
In 2024, the Shenandoah County school board voted to restore Confederate names to Quicksburg district's Ashby-Lee Elementary and Stonewall Jackson High schools after having removed them in 2020. This appears to be the first district in the country to restore Confederate names once removed from schools. [3]
Shenandoah County School Board voted five to one in favour of reinstating the original names of two schools
On July 9, 2020, the Shenandoah County School Board voted to change the school's name from "Stonewall Jackson High School" to "Mountain View High School." As Stonewall Jackson High School, it was named for Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a Civil War general who fought for the Confederacy. At the same time, the school board also voted to change the ...
Shenandoah County Public Schools is the operating public school system within Shenandoah County, Virginia. It is governed by a Board of Education. [1] The district operates 10 school sites, including 3 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 3 high schools, and a career and technical education center. [2] Dr. Melody Sheppard serves as the ...
A U.S. school board in Shenandoah County, Virginia, will vote on Thursday on whether to restore previously removed Confederate names to two schools, potentially becoming the first community in the ...