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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lessons about the background behind the name of the school? That's a 2-minute lesson in some places. Think about school names like West Springfield or South County.

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I know.  This is so dumb!  They don't even seem to realize it.  Plus, for the names they are already concerned about -- now the kids are going to be taught that their school is named after an offensive person.  Why do we need to even go there?  If the kids at Mosby Woods or wherever don't know who Mosby is... why do we need to tell them he was a confederate soldier supporting slavery?  How is that going to make elementary kids feel?  They would be better off just not knowing anything about Mosby.  And for kids at Hayfield, South County, Herndon, West Springfield, West Potomac, Oakton, Oakton ES... this is just dumb.  Dingy D-Kaufax thinks this should be taught EVERY YEAR????  I really wonder how much thought they put into this.  Does she think of anything beyond her own child's experience --  beyond the walls of Edison?  They haven't considered how this translates across the whole county.

And to the PP -- they did vote to change the name of Stuart -- but the community will have to bicker that one out to get a new name.  [/quote]

Mosby was actually outspoken against secession prior to the war. Will we teach that Mosby became a Republican and worked as an attorney and supported U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant? He also served as the American consul to Hong Kong and in the U.S. Department of Justice. Will that be included?[/quote]

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