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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are they really going to name it Justice?  Will it be just Justice or Justice Marshall?  If I were in Marshall High district, I would be ticked.  Are they going to be called George High now?[/quote]

If they name it Justice Thurgood Marshall HS, the current one will be called Marshall (no change), and the other will be called Justice for short.  No need for confusion.  Don't see why they'd start calling it George High.  [/quote]

[b]If the name of the new school is Justice Marshall or Justice Thurgood Marshall, there WILL be confusion.[/b][b]  If the official name is "Justice" on paper and on signs, then maybe that's okay.  But, if the signs say "Justice Marshall", it will be confusing and misleading.  Bad idea.

I cannot believe they are going with this. Totally lacking in common sense.[/quote]

Agreed.

While Thurgood Marshall absolutely should be honored whenever possible, giving his name to a second high school in the same school system where there's already a long-established "Marshall" HS isn't a good idea at all. The idea of calling the soon-to-be-former Stuart HS "Justice HS" instead is well-meant, but the school would end up being called "Marshall" by default by many people. That just sounds more natural to say than "Justice HS."

It's going to end up creating confusion when high schoolers have to do the million-and-one sign-ups they all do for testing, applications, many other things. I can picture many a kid and parent looking up the official code number for their HS -- yeah, they have to do that a lot in junior and senior years, to fill in forms online -- and clicking on "Marshall" without looking closely, and ending up with all their information being listed under "George C. Marshall" instead of "Justice Thurgood Marshall." Parents of juniors and seniors know what I'm talking about. It's just another way that confusion can creep in, and in ways that will actually create issues for students.

Maybe it would all settle in a few years and everyone would know Justice HS but it sounds like a recipe for confusion.

As for that earlier PP with the sarcastic idea that the Marshall in Falls Church would end up being called George HS -- Hey, don't give anyone any ideas they might take seriously....That would make people confuse it with George Mason HS down the road from the existing Marshall HS.

It's been George C. Marshall, referred to as Marshall, since 1962 and actually has a museum inside it about Marshall's life and work.

It would make sense to honor Mendez by naming the school for him -- according to the Post, he had kids who actually attended Stuart! He was an educator as well as a decorated war veteran, and with Stuart having a 54 percent Hispanic student body (Post article), naming the school for a Hispanic educator and veteran with a clear tie to the school seems logical and thoughtful.[/quote]

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