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Fairfax Co. [VA] pleads for money to help fund J.E.B. Stuart $1M name change
WTOP News [Washington DC] ^ | November 3, 2017 5:10 am | Nick Iannelli | @NickWTOP

Posted on 11/03/2017 4:13:16 AM PDT by COBOL2Java

WASHINGTON — Fairfax County Public Schools, the largest public school system in the D.C. region, is asking for financial donations to help cover the substantial costs associated with renaming J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church, Virginia.

Following a vote to rename the school last week, county officials set up a website, asking people to send in money.

So far, the effort has generated more than $8,000.

Officials said any donations will help with name-change expenses, which otherwise would need to be covered entirely by county taxpayers.

The full cost of changing the school’s name is expected to be somewhere around $1 million.

“All donations received will be used toward the costs of renaming J.E.B. Stuart High School to Justice High School,” officials wrote on the site.

“Funds raised in excess of the actual costs of renaming will be used to support student programs and services at Justice High School.”

Officials added that “donations are tax deductible.”

After years of debate, a nearly four-hour session by the Fairfax County School Board Oct. 26 lead to a decision on what to call the school, which had been named after a Confederate general.

Board members voted 7-4 in favor of renaming the school “Justice High School.”

Sandy Evans, a board member from the Mason district, said using the word “Justice” would be a good way to honor Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Barbara Rose Johns, Louis Gonzaga Mendez Jr. and all those who have fought for justice and equality.

Johns was a Civil Rights leader and Mendez was a U.S. Army officer who joined Virginia’s education department.

Evans said the controversial renaming process was the hardest issue she has faced in her eight years on the board.

The school name change will need to happen no later than the start of the 2019-2020 school year, and Superintendent Scott Brabrand is expected to announce a plan in the coming weeks on how to carry out the process.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: dixie; fairfaxcounty; jebstuart; pc; purge; schoolboard
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1 posted on 11/03/2017 4:13:16 AM PDT by COBOL2Java
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To: COBOL2Java

Just-Us High School. Named after Obama and Holder, the racist duo who set America on a path to civil war.


2 posted on 11/03/2017 4:17:21 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Why is it always northern Virginia?


3 posted on 11/03/2017 4:17:39 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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4 posted on 11/03/2017 4:18:26 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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How about a fund to contest this at every stage, to investigate every member of the School Board who voted for it and to confront them and all they hold dear in their everyday life. This is a war. Fight them as they try to eradicate history.


5 posted on 11/03/2017 4:25:28 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: COBOL2Java

What a waste of money....
Whatever school board members came up with this need to be gone.
Absolute insanity.
Everything libs touch, they totally destroy....everything.


6 posted on 11/03/2017 4:32:03 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: COBOL2Java

A new sign on the building will cost $1 million?

Hmmmm.


7 posted on 11/03/2017 4:35:15 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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Absolute insanity.

Yes. ComDem Insanity!

8 posted on 11/03/2017 4:35:51 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Trump20162020

This area (NOVA) is now completely infested with SJWs and refugees from high-tax NE states.

This small geographic area can now turn VA blue in most any election.

When I moved here in 2000, it was still a nice area.


9 posted on 11/03/2017 4:36:58 AM PDT by NOVACPA
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So far, the effort has generated more than $8,000.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

10 posted on 11/03/2017 4:37:38 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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“All donations received will be used toward the costs of renaming J.E.B. Stuart High School to Justice High School,” officials wrote on the site.

I wonder if the Justice Brothers will be invited to give speeches at the unveiling of the new school


11 posted on 11/03/2017 4:38:55 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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I know! Just change the last name!!


12 posted on 11/03/2017 4:44:16 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Fresh Wind

I just sent this story to Rush and how the school is pleading for $$ to do the name change. Maybe he’ll mention it today.


13 posted on 11/03/2017 4:51:09 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: Trump20162020

because very few true Virginians live there. Most are transplanted northerners from NY/NJ.


14 posted on 11/03/2017 5:04:34 AM PDT by Dont tread and Live
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How much $ have those Hollywood alums pledged?


15 posted on 11/03/2017 5:06:46 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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Cool! They are renaming the school to honor Chief Justice Roger B. Taney!!!


16 posted on 11/03/2017 5:15:01 AM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: COBOL2Java

If we are going to deny history such as the Civil War, can we also deny slavery existed?


17 posted on 11/03/2017 5:15:26 AM PDT by Lockbox
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To: COBOL2Java

Idiocy.


18 posted on 11/03/2017 5:21:03 AM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is Mine)
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To: COBOL2Java

Had I known moving away from Fairfax County 20 years ago, would have made such a big difference... I still would have left.


19 posted on 11/03/2017 5:29:51 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: COBOL2Java

LOL!


20 posted on 11/03/2017 5:32:37 AM PDT by YourAdHere (Hillary 2020!)
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