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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, it needs to be clear.  From listening to the work session, Keys-Gamarra made it clear that it would be named for Justice Thurgood Marshall.

Also interesting, in the FOIA'd docs about changing the name, from the beginning this is what the "changers" wished--that it be named for Thurgood Marshall.  They did not just want to get rid of the JEB Stuart name--they had a name in mind long before the community was advised that a name change was in the works.  What was interesting was that neither of the SB members involved pointed out that there was already a "Marshall" high school.  (At least, not at first.)

I graduated from a high school in another state that was named after a local superintendent.  It included his initials in the name--say G.C. Marshall.  NO one ever used the initials.  It was always just the last name.

My point of view is that this whole thing is a mess.

Had I been on the SB, I would have just suggested--long ago--that they drop the JEB.  They could have just passed some kind of resolution that they would call it Stuart High School.  NO one would have cared.  They could have recommended that as new uniforms, equipment, etc. was purchased, that the JEB be dropped.  Over a few years, it would have been complete with NO additional cost.

Instead, they created an issue that has caused division in the school and community.  They started a process that was divisive from the beginning--much of it because of the way it was presented and the attacks they made on people who named the school or those who preferred to keep the school name.
They set up a process, and, at almost every step, they moved the goal posts when they did not get the results they preferred.  When the school community made it clear in surveys that they wanted to keep the name, the SB changed the steps.  They put people from outside the community on the committee and there was no consensus.  Because, the SB had already decided that there would be a change, the committee was a joke.
Then, the SB suggested that in the spirit of compromise, "Stuart" be considered.  When "Stuart" got the most votes, the changers said--"that doesn't count".  And, now, SB members who voted that "Stuart" be considered, have indicated that they will not support it.

This was  a sham.  Anyone who says otherwise is wrong.  Just look at the documentation.

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"Anyone who says otherwise is wrong."  LOL - classic Keeper nonsense.  These people have been spinning so long they've stopped considering any POV or interpretation of facts that doesn't suit their narrative.

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