Update: Poor families and Fairfax County Virginia taxpayers hit with costs of changing school’s name

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Update: Poor families and Fairfax County Virginia taxpayers hit with costs of changing school’s name

by WorldTribune Staff, November 3, 2017 The cost of changing the name of politically incorrect J.E.B. Stuart High School in Fairfax County Virginia will be passed on to the county’s taxpayers. The Fairfax County School Board voted on Oct. 26 to change the name to Justice High School. The school, located in Falls Church, was […]

Northern Virginia high school surrenders its historic name to activists’ demands

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Northern Virginia high school surrenders its historic name to activists’ demands

by WorldTribune Staff, August 1, 2017 The Fairfax County (Virginia) School Board last week voted to rename J.E.B. Stuart High School. The board voted 7 to 2, with two abstentions, to change the name. The school, located in Falls Church, was named after the Confederate general when it opened in 1958. Critics of the vote […]