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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lot of tension over new name.

http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/opinions/an-open-letter-to-j-e-b-stuart-justice-high/article_f0dbf38e-bdd6-11e8-9a04-0bb28d3e9e03.html

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The letter is laughable.  This is a quote from it: "J.E.B. Stuart High School was a model of student civility, interracial harmony, cultural diversity, and mutual support."  The student body hasn't changed, only the name.  If the authors were really that caring, why would they punish the student body (which according to the article supported keeping the name JEB Stuart) by withdrawing financial support because of something the students had no control over?  We are mad so won't support the students who are aren't even to blame is basically what they are saying.  That's fine, but it says a lot about the authors. They come across as bitter and petty.  As far as the voting process, they are correct that it was not well executed.  There was no name that garnered over 50 percent of the vote so, contrary to what the opinion pieces says, there was no "unequivocal support to retain the name" of the school or for any other name.  The majority of voters selected something other than JEB Stuart.  As no name garnered more than 50 percent, there should have been a run off between the top two vote getters.  Instead, the school board chose a name other than JEB Stuart because most voters didn't want to retain the name (as reflected in the fact that less than 50 percent of the voters voted to keep the name), and also didn't select one of the other names because they also didn't receive over 50 percent of the vote.  The school board instead selected a name themselves, which they had a legal right to do.  It is interesting that more than 50 percent of the votes didn't want to retain JEB Stuart or "Stuart," and yet the authors claim there was "unequivocal support" for keeping the name and that the name change was unwanted.  While I agree the voting process was botched, the opinion piece is exactly that, an opinion piece that slants facts and misunderstand the meaning of unequivocal and unwanted.  [/quote]

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