Honor the memory of a fallen Marine in Leander, TX

A school district near Austin, TX wants to name a new high school there Vandegrift High School after a fallen Marine who graduated in 1999. He was killed in Iraq serving his country, and the local school board voted to name a new high school after him. This is a great gesture of appreciation. But unfortunately some lunatic leftists are protesting this decision. Please contact the Leander ISD to let them know you support their decision, despite what a vocal, anti-American minority of fringe activists think.

don.mccall@leanderisd.org don.hisle@leanderisd.org elizabeth.frey@leanderisd.org grace.jordan@leanderisd.org russell.bundy@leanderisd.org will.streit@leanderisd.org jim.sneeringer@leanderisd.org Superintendent@leanderisd.org

The local school board is scheduled to discuss the matter again Thursday evening. The resolution originally passed unanimously. Please support this school board and encourage them to honor this fallen hero.

Although this school district is near Austin Texas, the district is in Williamson County, Texas. Williamson County, Texas is probably one of the reddest of Conservative counties in the US. We have no local chapters of LULAC, or the NAACP. We even have a blvd named after Ronald Reagan.

Here is the response I got from the Superintendent.

Mr. Steinhauser,

Thanks so much for your e-mail communication. The Leander ISD school board did indeed name our fifth high school “Vandegrift High School” at the June 19th meeting.

Matt Vandegrift was an honor student who exemplified the ethical behaviors that we teach and model for our students. In addition, he volunteered to defend you and me — and our nation — dying in this service. We, too, are proud of Matt, a feel that he will serve as an inspiration/role model for future Vandegrift High School students.

I believe that Vandegrift High School is a name that will inspire our young people, and a worthy choice.

Thanks, again, for your input.

Bret Champion

There isn’t some fringe leftie conspiracy to change the school’s name - that’s just propaganda from people who don’t know why there’s a movement to change/augment the name. That’s because they don’t want you to know about Spc. Matthew Troy Morris, who was also a genuine hero.

The movement is to honor ALL of the soldier’s who have died. The soldier who they are honoring wasn’t the only one to die in Iraq. There was another young hero who also died (the first one from the area, in fact), and his family is sad that there son is being COMPLETELY ignored - all because he left school early to enlist. Why can’t both young heroes be honored equally? Why should one young man who died for our country be ignored, and the other one praised? They were both equally decorated by the military. We should honor both of them equally. I, for one, support Spc. Matthew Troy Morris - KIA Balad, Iraq 4-6-08, and would like to honor him as well. He died, too. We shouldn’t ignore him or his family, and shame on anyone who thinks he ought to be forgotten.

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