The Virginia NAACP and five students filed a lawsuit against the Shenandoah County school board’s decision to restore the names of Confederate leaders to two schools.
of two schools previously named for Confederate leaders, saying the decision creates a discriminatory educational environment for Black students.history of segregation and discrimination in Shenandoah County and says the school board’s recent decision
denies Black students an equal opportunity to education by forcing them to attend a school named after Confederate leaders. The Shenandoah County School Board voted 5-1 last month to restore the names of Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby Lee Elementary School. A previous board agreed in 2020 to change the names to Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary SchoolThe schools are named for Confederate military leaders Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Turner Ashby.
Board member Thomas Streett, who voted to restore the Confederate names, said during the meeting that the 2020 decision was a “knee-jerk reaction” that showed a lack of “loyalty” to the community. A group called the Coalition for Better Schools had urged the board to bring back the earlier names, saying it was “essential to honor our community’s heritage.
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