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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The School Board should NOT let the NAACP decide the name of our local school. There are more white and Hispanic kids than black kids there anyway. [/quote]

Agree with your first statement.  Your second statement has nothing to do with the price of apples.

I was a keeper.  But, I think the Alice Jackson Stuart name sounds great.
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The pp is probably the poster who thinks the NAACP somehow hacked the voting system.  You agree with that?  Saying you agree that the NAACP shouldn't decide makes it seem like there is a possibility that they could decide when we all know that only community members could vote.  If any of the names forwarded by the superintendent is chosen, then the community decided, not the NAACP, even if you think it's a name the NAACP would be happy about.  The false narrative that the NAACP is influencing the vote when we all heard very passionate presentations from more than one community member for ALL the names presented is just unnecessary and not helpful.  Also, many of the people who spoke for Johns and Marshall were White community members.  In fact, I think the first person who went to the podium on September 9th in support of Marshall was an elderly White gentleman.  Please don't encourage PP's divisive false NAACP narrative--people who don't know the voting rules or who weren't there to see community members speak might think it's actually true.  [/quote]

The NAACP was directly involved in the process.  They had reps on the committee--reps that did not live in the community.  They gave direct support to the whole process of changing.  And, they  made it clear that this was not just about getting rid of the Jeb Stuart name, it was about naming it after a minority--preferably Marshall.  Their presence on the committee was one of the problems.  Albers was directly involved in this whole process, too.[/quote]

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