Schools to regain their Confederate names after Virginia school board vote

An education board in Virginia has voted to restore Confederate-related names to two public schools that had previously had their original names revoked in 2020.

By a 5-1 vote, the board for Shenandoah County, Virginia voted early on Friday morning to restore the names of a high school and elementary school after the names were voted on to be changed in 2020. Board Vice Chairman Kyle Gutshall was the lone "no" vote on the decision to go back to the original names. 


Mountain View High School will have it's name restored to Stonewall Jackson High and Honey Run Elementary School will go back to the name Ashby Lee Elementary, according to WHSV3.  

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