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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The first informal community survey reflected substantial support for a name change - around 35%. I doubt it stunned Pat Hynes and Sany Evans that the percentage was not higher; if anything, they probably were surprised that the percentage was that high. What percentage of the Lake Braddock or Robinson neighborhoods, for example, do you think would vote in favor of a name change at those schools? I bet it would be 5% at most. However, given that it wasn't a statistically rigorous survey and that the reasons given for an against a change hadn't been spelled out, the Board set up a committee to provide further information upon which to make a decision. 
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1.Substantial?  First, there was poor response--indicating most did not favor a change.  Then there was a response of 56% that did not favor a change.  How do you get "substantial" out of that?

2.One thing that is substantial is the cost.

3.By juggling with the rules and rewriting the policy to "compelling need" they have opened a real can of worms that will make it hard to deny other schools.
Then the $$$$ and hard feelings will be even more substantial.[/quote]

A low response rate speaks more towards a lack of knowledge of the survey than opposition to a change.  I think it's substantial because the percentage is obviously much higher than you'd hear at high schools with less controversial or offensive names.  But, if you disagree, please feel free to ask for a similar survey at Lake Braddock or Robinson.

The cost is immaterial in the context of the overall budget, and likely to be offset by private contributions, although there's certainly an argument that it ought to be borne entirely by FCPS - which made the original decision to name the school after JEB Stuart with no community input whatsoever.

Contrary to your assertion that the decision to rename Stuart will open a can of worms, the language accompanying the motion went far (perhaps, unnecessarily far) out of its way to distinguish Stuart from other schools, making it harder rather than easier to rename other schools in the future. The "hard feelings" arise from the difficulty that some people have in acknowledging that the School Board considered the interests of current and future minority students as worthy of consideration as those of the community's white residents, which I'm sure comes as a surprise to those used to getting their way all the time. [/quote]

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