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[quote=Anonymous]There were statements made by School Board members when renaming Stuart and Lee that there was something uniquely odious about having named schools to honor Confederate generals or soldiers, and that this needed to be addressed. I could see the logic in that, but Woodson was neither a Confederate general nor a Confederate soldier. He may have held some racist views, but so did others after whom schools have been named, and he certainly didn’t put his life on the line trying to defend the institution of slavery. As a school, Woodson has a distinguished history, and it seems the name change process has become addictive to politicians on the School Board looking to advertise their virtue in an election season. And even if changing a high school’s name doesn’t cost a full $1M, it certainly isn’t inexpensive, either. [/quote]
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