New Name for JEB Stuart HS - 9/16 Community Vote

[Anonymous]

Maybe they should go Prince style: Triggered Snowflake: the school formerly known as Jeb Stuart High.

That would explain it better than almost anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/falls-church/debate-over-jeb-stuart-high-name-change-continues/476748538

Sounds like Ryan forgot that he voted in support of "Stuart"........

No. He voted in favor of getting rid of "J.E.B. Stuart" and allowing the community to decide whether "Stuart High School" without the initials was an acceptable "compromise" name.

It clearly isn't. Over 80% of the votes were against "Stuart High School." It would be ridiculous to make that the new name, and Ryan has correctly pointed that out.

You don't believe in rules do you? Do you always want to change them every time you don't get the result you desire?

First, we were told we would go by a community vote. The community voted by about 2/3 to keep Jeb Stuart.
Then, we were told we would form a committee. Half of the Ad Hoc committee--the half from outside the community voted to change. The other half--made up of community members--voted to keep Jeb Stuart.

Meanwhile, the slots to speak at SB meetings were manipulated in the early meetings to favor those who wanted change.

FOIA'd emails indicated that Evans had desired this change for sometime and worked with "changers"--many from outside the community. FOIA also indicates that the "massive resistance" reason for the Jeb Stuart name was bogus. Evans or Hynes made clear that the "massive resistance" reason was important to getting change. And, even though it is indicated in the FOIA through minutes from old SB meetings that this was not the case, they kept citing that.

Again, the community voted early on that they wished to keep the name Jeb Stuart.
Evans and Hynes did not like that result, so they changed the rules. Over and over again.

I'm sorry that you've lost your mind. You do know, for example, that the Ad Hoc Working Group never took any vote on keeping or changing the name of JEB Stuart.

And that Evans only worked with "changers" after she was contacted by current students at the school pushing for change.

And that the same School Board members who picked "JEB Stuart" as the name in 1958 previously had changed the name of an FCPS committee from the "Committee on Desegregation" to the "Segregation Committee" to appease segregationists, and then failed to engage in any outreach with the community before naming the school after a Confederate general.

And that county voters just overwhelmingly voted for a pro-change candidate, Karen Keys-Gammara, for a school board vacancy, defeating the Republican-endorsed candidate who criticized the board's decision.

I'm sure it's hard to carry around so much antagonism, combined with so little knowledge, but perhaps it's something you can work on after the board selects a new name in October.

[Anonymous]

And that Evans only worked with "changers" after she was contacted by current students at the school pushing for change.

Go read the FOIA. She clearly had been wanting the change before she was contacted.

[Anonymous]

And that county voters just overwhelmingly voted for a pro-change candidate, Karen Keys-Gammara, for a school board vacancy, defeating the Republican-endorsed candidate who criticized the board's decision.

LOL! with 10% of the voters in Fairfax County voting. And, please note the amount of money that the Dems poured into that election. But, if you want to call it overwhelming that is fine.

And, we could say that the first survey of Stuart High community yielded an overwhelming support of keeping Jeb Stuart. But, you don't want to say that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should go Prince style: Triggered Snowflake: the school formerly known as Jeb Stuart High.

That would explain it better than almost anything.

Better than "Bunch of Racist A-Holes High"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should go Prince style: Triggered Snowflake: the school formerly known as Jeb Stuart High.

That would explain it better than almost anything.

Better than "Bunch of Racist A-Holes High"

Name calling is all you have?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe they should go Prince style: Triggered Snowflake: the school formerly known as Jeb Stuart High.

That would explain it better than almost anything.

Better than "Bunch of Racist A-Holes High"

Name calling is all you have?

What's that, Snowflake?

[Anonymous]

Snowflake High.

Done!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

With a ridiculous number of names to choose from, Stuart won the most points. Change proponents are now arguing that a vote for Peace Valley (or Triggered Snowflake, or Braden Aust) is a vote for Barbara Rose Johns, but that is not necessarily the case.

I think a vote for Triggered Snowflake is a vote for JEB Stuart.

Are some of those names the names of high school students? Never heard of them.

I don't recognize all the names, either. Some are students or former students (Andy Anderson, for example).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Snowflake High.

Done!

Don't you have some rallies you need to go attend? Unite the Idiots?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

And that Evans only worked with "changers" after she was contacted by current students at the school pushing for change.

Go read the FOIA. She clearly had been wanting the change before she was contacted.

It's so funny how the Keepers complain about any criticism of a 1958 School Board that named a school after a Confederate general, yet purport to know exactly how Sandy Evans thinks.

I actually wish she was more forceful, but all the FOIA documents show are that various people with ties to Stuart were contacting her in 2015 to advocate for a name change, and she encouraged them to talk to each other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

With a ridiculous number of names to choose from, Stuart won the most points. Change proponents are now arguing that a vote for Peace Valley (or Triggered Snowflake, or Braden Aust) is a vote for Barbara Rose Johns, but that is not necessarily the case.

I think a vote for Triggered Snowflake is a vote for JEB Stuart.

Are some of those names the names of high school students? Never heard of them.

I don't recognize all the names, either. Some are students or former students (Andy Anderson, for example).

Andy Anderson was a black Stuart graduate who died in Afghanistan while serving the United States.

Triggered Snowflakes are white residents of the Stuart district who want to keep honoring a Confederate general because it makes them think they'll still get to run the PTSA and Boosters clubs for years to come.

[Anonymous]

Triggered Snowflakes are white residents of the Stuart district who want to keep honoring a Confederate general because it makes them think they'll still get to run the PTSA and Boosters clubs for years to come.

No Hon. "Triggered Snowflakes" are those who think they are damaged by the name of a school. They are the "changers". They are the ones who want to spend almost a million dollars to change the name of the school because they think it harms them. They are the ones who put political correctness above common sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Triggered Snowflakes are white residents of the Stuart district who want to keep honoring a Confederate general because it makes them think they'll still get to run the PTSA and Boosters clubs for years to come.

No Hon. "Triggered Snowflakes" are those who think they are damaged by the name of a school. They are the "changers". They are the ones who want to spend almost a million dollars to change the name of the school because they think it harms them. They are the ones who put political correctness above common sense.

It will cost nothing like a million dollars. Now you're a Lying Triggered Snowflake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

With a ridiculous number of names to choose from, Stuart won the most points. Change proponents are now arguing that a vote for Peace Valley (or Triggered Snowflake, or Braden Aust) is a vote for Barbara Rose Johns, but that is not necessarily the case.

I think a vote for Triggered Snowflake is a vote for JEB Stuart.

Are some of those names the names of high school students? Never heard of them.

I don't recognize all the names, either. Some are students or former students (Andy Anderson, for example).

Andy Anderson was a black Stuart graduate who died in Afghanistan while serving the United States.

Triggered Snowflakes are white residents of the Stuart district who want to keep honoring a Confederate general because it makes them think they'll still get to run the PTSA and Boosters clubs for years to come.

WTF?? The people who run the PTSA and Booster clubs have done more for actual Stuart students--of all races and nationalities--than the "Changers" ever will. Do you feel excluded from the Boosters? That's the stupidest thing I've read in this whole discussion.