Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names
Politics,School Boards,Public Schools,Virginia,Confederacy
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A Virginia school board has approved a motion for two schools to revert to their Confederate names following a debate that bitterly divided a town.
The Shenandoah County School Board voted 5-1 to reinstate the names of Stonewall Jackson High and Ashby-Lee Elementary in Quicksburg.
Community members had been pushing for a reversal, arguing the 2020 name change was unpopular.
The vote marked the first such U-turn anywhere in the US.
A large crowd flocked to the school board's public meeting on Thursday to listen to a series of arguments from residents on both sides of the issue.
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