Amovement to restore the names of Confederate military leaders on schools is garnering traction in a Virginia county, with the school board set to vote on the matter this week amid fierce opposition from minority groups.
Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby-Lee Elementary School were renamed Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary School after the Shenandoah County School Board passed a resolution in July 2020 that condemned racism and affirmed the creation of an "inclusive environment."
The resolution passed following the murder of George Floyd, a black man whose death at the hands of police sparked a summer of protests fueled by the Black Lives Matter movement.
The schools, located in Quicksburg, officially started to go by their new names by the 2021-2022 school year following about $305,000 in expenses to update things such as sports uniforms and building signs, The Northern Virginia Daily reported at the time.
