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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Apparently that is what it's about. One of the posters advocating for Stuart specifically asked, if the name had to be changed, why does it have to be named after a black person. That indicates that this is about race for the keepers. If your only issue is with the cost, any name that's chosen should be equally as unappealing. [/quote]

No.  That indicates one person' opinion.  Just as the "changers" seem to only want a Civil Right's person's name.  In fact, from the very beginning of this process--documented in FOIA--the changers did not just want a 'change".  They desired a change to Thurgood Marshall.  Does that mean that is what all the changers want?  The ridiculousness of having a second Marshall High never occurred to them.  In fact, according to FOIA, it did not occur to Evans, either.

And, my issue is cost.  That is why I am in favor of the generic "Stuart".  It saves the taxpayers lots of money and sets a precedent for future name changes--which could cost millions and millions.  This will keep those costs to a minimum.

If Westfield can be named after an office park, and South County can be named as it is, it seems to me that we can just call it Stuart.

That way, when the changers go after Robert E. Lee, we can just call it Lee, etc.

In recent years, FCPS has named some new schools after minorities.  That is fine.  Schools need to have names.  But, spending money to change names is not good financial sense.

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