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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have they polled the entire school community or all the students?  “Washington-Loving” is so lame. [/quote]

No.  This is my biggest issue with it.  To the PP who wonders why people care so much, I care because my kids is upset about it.  I really didn't think I'd care. I have no issue with changing the name.  But, to my kid and, from what he says, many, many other kids really hate this name. It feels like a small group of students who have an agenda to be as PC as possible are pushing in this name without any input from the student body at large.  Now, maybe my kid is wrong and it's just his group that thinks its dumb.  If they poll the school and the majority approves of it, then great.  We can think it sounds weird but they are the ones that have to go to school under it, chant it at the football games, write it on their college applications.

What also has irked me about the discussion the last couple days is that those who think the name is just great! are 100% unable to concede that there might be anything the least bit problematic about it, that there could be any reason one would laugh at the name.  Really?  Are you that tone deaf?  Have you never met teenagers?

Also, opposing this particular name is conflated with opposing the name change in general. You can support getting rid of Lee and still hate this name.

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+1000.  [b]You can just see a few students ready to take credit for this name on their college apps.[/b] But most of the kids hate it and it will not age well. [/quote]

Ding Ding Ding![/quote]

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