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[quote=Anonymous][quote]It's a right-wing thing to have an issue with "Justice High School." They'd be fine with Liberty HS, or Freedom HS, or Independence HS, but Justice HS puts them on edge.

Justice HS got its name because Sandy Evans was most aligned with a group of folks who wanted to rename JEB Stuart HS after Justice Thurgood Marshall, but her School Board colleagues opposed another Marshall HS when there was already George C. Marshall HS. So "Justice" was a nod to Justice Marshall, but also allowed them to say they were honoring others whose names had been suggested and who had advocated for equal opportunity for all.[/quote]

Wrong.  I don't like Freedom, Independence , or Liberty particularly as a name for a high school--while I certainly appreciate them as qualities.    I especially don't like Justice because I looked up schools with that name and they were "Juvie" schools.  So, I disliked Justice for that reason.  However, I am in favor of justice as it applies to law.

i recall the naming process.  The community actually wanted to go with "Stuart" --I think they were fine with dropping Jeb, though.  Evans was foolish to push for naming it after Thurgood Marshall when there was already a Marshall High School.  Clearly, she was not thinking.

Just like Lewis to Lee.  Lee is a Virginia name--they could have dropped the Robert E part.

People don't like name changes.  That is why I don't want any schools named after a person--living or dead.

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