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struggle4progress

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Fri May 6, 2016, 02:15 PM May 2016

Hampton's Confederate school names subject of two public hearings (VA)

Jane Hammond
May 6

The Hampton School Board will hold two public hearings .. regarding .. potential renaming of two school campuses named after Confederate figures.

The Peninsula chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference .. asked the school division in March to rename Davis Middle School and the Campus at Lee.

Davis is named after Jefferson Davis, and Lee is named after Robert E. Lee ... Lee Elementary School closed in 2010 and the campus now houses some of the school division's alternative education programs ...


http://www.dailypress.com/news/education/dp-nws-sclc-hampton-schools-20160506-story.html

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Hampton's Confederate school names subject of two public hearings (VA) (Original Post) struggle4progress May 2016 OP
Byrd Middle School in Richmond 'burbs renamed Quioccasin underpants May 2016 #1
+ struggle4progress May 2016 #2
interesting.... Blue_Tires May 2016 #3
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