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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some schools are named for people with little significance. My middle school was named for a long serving school board member. I believe in geographic naming.
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And I believe in numbering, like they do in New York City. Public School Number 123. Done.

I can see  - somewhat - why a school might be named after a philanthropist, or a general, or a political figure. But a baseball player? [/quote]

"But a baseball player"?  Your typical nose in the air Montgomery County parent.  Walter Johnson was elected to the county council after his retirement from baseball.  He was instrumental in the effort to improve roads and adding qualified teachers.  The house that he lived in when he played for the Senators still stands at Old Georgetown Road and Johnson Avenue.  He later bought a farm in Germantown and lived there until his death.     The farmhouse is where Seneca Valley High sits today   One of his sons died just a few months ago at the age of 93.[/quote]

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