Democracy Dies in Darkness
The change comes four years after the schools had removed the names during the national racial reckoning sparked by George Floyd’s killing.
Updated May 10, 2024 at 11:17 a.m. EDT|Published May 10, 2024 at 9:15 a.m. EDT
A Virginia school board voted to restore the names of two schools previously named for Confederate leaders just after midnight Friday at a meeting that stretched more than six hours.
The Shenandoah County School Board voted 5-1 to call the schools Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby Lee Elementary School, four years after the board — under different members — changed their names to Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary School to break ties to Confederate leaders Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Turner Ashby.
