A Virginia school board voted Friday to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school, four years after the names had been removed.
School board members who voted to restore the Confederate names said the previous board ignored popular sentiment and due process when the names were stripped. | Steve Helber/APWOODSTOCK, Virginia —
Friday’s vote reverses a decision by the school board in 2020, a time when school systems across the South were removing Confederate names from schools in response to theSchool board members who voted to restore the Confederate names said the previous board ignored popular sentiment and due process when the names were stripped.
“I don’t judge anybody or look down on anybody for the decision they’re making,” he said. “It’s a complex issue.” Turner Ashby was a Confederate cavalry officer who was killed in battle in 1862 near Harrisonburg, Virginia. A high school near Harrisonburg is also named for him. Robert E. Lee was a Virginia native who commanded Confederate forces.
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