From the article:
“He said investigators were considering whether the fire could be linked to restoration of electrical power in the area.
The school district’s history of the building said it was built in 1906 by neighborhood volunteers. It was called Michigan Avenue Grammar School then, but renamed for the Confederacy’s most famous general in 1943, when the street was renamed Columbus Drive. It became Hillsborough’s first magnet school in 1993 with a focus on technology. The world studies program was added in 2008.
Claitt, like many in Tampa, was aware of the controversy surrounding the name.
“It was named after an inappropriate person,” she said. “It should have been changed years ago.”
Right before the excerpt you posted that politicized the article was the very, VERY clear CAIR-style denial:
“We have investigators on scene, the fire marshal,” Penny said, “but I want to make something very, very clear — because I know that in our atmosphere this can be contentious — but indications now have nothing to do with the name of this school.”
There you go."Inappropriate" is leftist speak. ANYTHING can bee deemed inappropriate. ALL Totalitarians such as Kings,Dictators,Communists,Socialists,Fascists,Islamists,and American Liberals are always unhappy and strive to make things appropriate. I would say half a billion died and a massive amount of things destroyed throughout world history when the finger was pointed at the inappropriate person,place or thing.
If you knew anything about Robert E. Lee, inappropriate is not the word that I would use. You may think it’s inappropriate to name a school for him but that’s a different use of the word and does not disparage the man.