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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a parent at Capitol Hill Day School and a couple of alumni parents told me that the name on the school building, "Dent," is in recognition of Josiah Dent, a lawyer who profited during the Civil War as a Confederate sympathizer, and then later set up white only schools in DC. The building got its name when it was built as a DCPS school, but CHDS kept the name since buying the building in 1980. CHDS has been great in its inclusivity, but the Dent name is on the building and in all of the school's materials. I know that parents and students organized to change names of several DC schools recently. But have any independents or religious schools taken any action to get rid of these legacy honors dedicated to racists? Any advice?[/quote]
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