Schools across the South have been grappling with the names of Confederate generals and Civil War stalwarts affixed to their buildings amid a wave of reflection and reexamining as to whether or not having such names on a building used for public education sends the wrong message.
Robert E. Lee High School in San Antonio, Texas, was one such school considering changing its controversial name, however North East Independent School District didn’t like the $1.3 million price-tag associated with doing so, the Wall Street Journal reports. To save money on new signage, sports uniforms, website changes and more, officials proposed shortening the name instead of changing it entirely.
Don’t want your school to be named for a Confederate general? Find someone else with the surname. Schools honor others with same surnames to avoid costs of repainting, new signs and uniform changes. #confederatenames #tellewa https://t.co/715PstUsDH After returning to civilian life, Lee famously decried the use of his likeness for memorials throughout the South.
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