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Anonymous wrote:This is not just about slavery! This is about segregationists from the 1960s who picked these names to intimidate black people from living here and going to these schools.

Is it working? Are they not attending because they are intimidated? If so, change the name. If not, then no change needed and move on.

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

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?

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.

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hell to the no.

My ancestor is TJ and he may have owned slaves but *shrug* lots of people did back then. It's a reality of history.

I hope this current trend of erasure ends soon, because it's incredibly silly and dumb.

He was also a rapist.

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Anonymous wrote:While we're at it, can we get rid of Rachel Carson? She is responsible for millions of deaths of African men, women and children.

How so?

Malaria. Google it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If someone wanted to change TJ's name, the might have brought it up before the enormous remodel of the school with the dome/ Montacello replica. Just saying. TJ is not a name change. It would be another remodel.

Two other things: TJ kids all take AP history. They have a handle on the good and bad aspects of Jefferson. And TJ's mission statement is about how Jefferson was a rennaissance man, and he was ahead of his time in science in math. But, he also contributed in the humanities, and TJ kids are expected to not get a STEM education at the expense of the humanities. As a results, TJ kids must take 3 years of a foreign language, AP English, and at least 1 AP history (almost all take 2 or more), in addition to a heavy STEm load. So, Thomas Jefferson isn't just a name of TJ. It's an educational philosophy.

Check out the mission statement:

https://tjhsst.edu/abouttj/mission/index.html

+1. Thank you for pointing out what this would take and also the complexities of the person.

Anonymous wrote:If someone wanted to change TJ's name, the might have brought it up before the enormous remodel of the school with the dome/ Montacello replica. Just saying. TJ is not a name change. It would be another remodel.

Two other things: TJ kids all take AP history. They have a handle on the good and bad aspects of Jefferson. And TJ's mission statement is about how Jefferson was a rennaissance man, and he was ahead of his time in science in math. But, he also contributed in the humanities, and TJ kids are expected to not get a STEM education at the expense of the humanities. As a results, TJ kids must take 3 years of a foreign language, AP English, and at least 1 AP history (almost all take 2 or more), in addition to a heavy STEm load. So, Thomas Jefferson isn't just a name of TJ. It's an educational philosophy.

Check out the mission statement:

https://tjhsst.edu/abouttj/mission/index.html

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Anonymous wrote:While we're at it, can we get rid of Rachel Carson? She is responsible for millions of deaths of African men, women and children.

How so?

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not just about slavery! This is about segregationists from the 1960s who picked these names to intimidate black people from living here and going to these schools.

Is it working? Are they not attending because they are intimidated? If so, change the name. If not, then no change needed and move on.

Anonymous wrote:This is not just about slavery! This is about segregationists from the 1960s who picked these names to intimidate black people from living here and going to these schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I just don't see why this can't all be done with private funding.

So, vote to approve contingent on private funding. Period.

Anonymous wrote:I just don't see why this can't all be done with private funding.