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It is my understanding that the argument is not to change the names of schools which were named after people who owned slaves, but rather to the change the names of schools which are named after people who risked life and limb in the Civil War to uphold slavery. That is a little different than just chaning the names of schools named after 19th century whites.
With that said, I say the money and energy parents and alumni are devoting to school name changing should be devoted to EDUCATING CHILDREN WITH ACCEPTABLE RESOURCES. I'm sorry, changing the name of Robert E. Lee High to Martin L. King, Jr means NADA when the books the kids are learning from were written when Robert E. Lee was alive and none of the 12th graders can read at an 8th grade level.
Back to basics!!!
Big picture!
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