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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The two schools were actually named in the late 1950s, not the 1960s, by white men who vocally opposed integration.

Their efforts to avoid, and then drag out, integration were met with rebukes from the federal courts in the mid-1960s. The fact that they ultimately failed in their efforts not to comply with Brown vs. Board of Education is no reason to re-affirm their prior, racist decisions now. [/quote]

Once more, get the money and then have the vote.

How is spending millions of dollars to change the names of schools going to help kids in school?

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That offloads the responsibility for a poor decision by the county to private donors.

The county needs to own up to its history of racism and agree to change the name as a matter of principle.  Fine to then solicit private contributions, which likely would be forthcoming.

Changing the names sends a strong message that non-white students are equals, and that those who fought to maintain white supremacy are not role models.  [/quote]

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Come on lady. The county has been sending a strong message for decades, by providing a fantastic education for all students. Quit looking for drama. 
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Over the decades, the county has, at various times, refused to provide a HS education to black students; opened a segregated high school when school districts elsewhere in the nation were integrating; dragged its heels with integration; asked black students to attend schools named after men who fought to perpetuate slavery; pushed black students into vocational courses and suspended them at higher rates than white students;  and declined to hire black teachers who possessed equal or superior qualifications to white applicants.

Renaming a school won't address all of these wrongs, but it's a step in the right direction.    [/quote]

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