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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, […]

  • Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to two schools

    School board members in Virginia’s Shenandoah County voted early Friday to restore the names of two schools that previously honored Confederate leaders – four years after those names had been removed. The 5-1 vote came after hours of public comment during a meeting that began Thursday evening from people speaking on both sides of the issue. Vice Chairman Kyle L. Gutshall was the sole opposing vote. “I ask that when you cast your vote, you remember that Stonewall Jackson and others fighting on...

  • Virginia school board votes to restore names of Confederate leaders to schools

    The school board in Shenandoah County, Virginia, early Friday approved a proposal that will restore the names of Confederate military leaders to two public schools. The measure, which passed 5-1, reverses a previous 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 Southern states during the Civil War. Mountain View High School will go back to the name Stonewall Jackson High...