School boards articles
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Virginia school board votes to return names of Confederate figures to schools
A school board in Virginia voted to restore the names of Confederate military leaders at two schools in Shenandoah County. The vote followed a heated meeting of the school board and comes several years after the schools were renamed during a nationwide reckoning with racism. NBC News' Yamiche Alcindor reports.
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Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to two schools
by WorldTribune Staff, May 10, 2024 The Shenandoah County School Board early Friday approved a proposal to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to two public schools. The measure, which passed 5-1, reverses a 2020 decision by the board to change the names of schools that had been linked to Confederate generals Stonewall Jackson, […]
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Virginia school board restores Confederate leaders’ names to two schools
The change comes four years after the schools had removed the names during the national racial reckoning sparked by George Floyd’s killing.