{"id":2242025,"date":"2024-05-10T17:07:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T21:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-school-board-makes-unprecedented-return-to-confederate-school-names\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T17:09:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T21:09:13","slug":"virginia-school-board-makes-unprecedented-return-to-confederate-school-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-school-board-makes-unprecedented-return-to-confederate-school-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia School Board Reverts to Confederate School Names in Historic Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvirginia-school-board-makes-unprecedented-return-to-confederate-school-names%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2242025&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Shenandoah County School Board in Virginia decided to \u2064restore the names of Confederate generals to schools, overturning a previous vote from 2020. The move includes renaming Mountain View High School back to Stonewall Jackson High School and \u2064Honey Run\u200b Elementary School to \u200dAshby Lee Elementary School.\u200d This decision \u2063marked the first time \u200bformer names were reinstated. The Shenandoah County School Board in Virginia has opted to reinstate the names of Confederate generals to schools, reversing a decision made in 2020. As part of this change,\u2062 Mountain View \u200cHigh School will be known again as Stonewall Jackson High School, and Honey Run Elementary School will revert to being Ashby Lee Elementary School. \u200cThis restoration of \u2063former names represents a significant historical shift.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 10, 2024 at 1:11pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Stonewall Jackson rides again.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the Shenandoah County School Board, which had wiped away the names of Confederate generals from its schools in a 2020 vote, restored the names of Jackson and two other Virginia-based Confederate generals to its schools, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whsv.com\/2024\/05\/10\/shenandoah-county-school-board-votes-restore-confederate-names-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHSV-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The vote means that what has been known as Mountain View High School will return to being Stonewall Jackson High School.<\/p>\n<p>Honey Run Elementary School will revert to being called Ashby Lee Elementary School. The school combines the names of Confederate Gens. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-judge-puts-stop-destruction-confederate-memorial-arlington-cemetery-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert E. Lee<\/a> and Turney Ashby, a cavalry commander who, like Jackson, was killed in the Civil War.<\/p>\n<p>A report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/leadership\/data-the-schools-named-after-confederate-figures\/2020\/06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Education Week<\/a> indicated that prior to the vote there were about 60 schools named for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/americans-call-preserving-confederate-memorial-pentagon-orders-removal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Confederate leaders<\/a> and that Thursday\u2019s vote was the first time former names had been restored.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: A Virginia school district has decided to buck the trend of erasing American history and will restore the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hispanic-caucus-takes-aim-at-african-american-veterans-service-on-key-panel\/\" title=\"Hispanic Caucus Takes Aim at African-American Veteran\u2019s Service on Key Panel\">confederate names<\/a> of two schools that were changed in 2021 in the wake of the 2020 George Floyd riots.<\/p>\n<p>A refreshing, contrarian take. \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>The Shenandoah County Public\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0P15lSGBXQ\">pic.twitter.com\/0P15lSGBXQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dutch Burke (@DutchBurke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DutchBurke\/status\/1788963401416208722?\">May 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/go.boarddocs.com\/vsba\/shenandoah\/Board.nsf\/files\/D4GKB24F9AEF\/%24file\/CBS%20Restoration%20Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">petition presented<\/a> to the board in April \u00a0said the names \u201chold historical significance and have been integral parts of our community for many years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The petition said that over 90 percent of those surveyed wanted the former names restored.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Did this school board make a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2021-nfl-draft-round-one-recap\/\" title=\"2021 NFL Draft Round One Recap\">good move<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe understand that the decision to rename these schools was made in response to discussions surrounding Confederate symbols. However, we believe that revisiting this decision is essential to honor our community\u2019s heritage and respect the wishes of the majority,\u201d the petition said.<\/p>\n<p>School board member Gloria Carlineo said the 2020 vote that scrapped the Confederate names was flawed, according to WHSV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was not an innocent mistake by some inexperienced school board,\u201d she said. \u201cNo, this was a carefully choreographed advance of a school board alluding to ignore the people they represented.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">5-1 vote to restore Confederate names to schools.<\/p>\n<p>This is a win for America.<\/p>\n<p>More of this, please.<\/p>\n<p>Restore Confederate statues and monuments of American history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VfrqMF1rjR\">https:\/\/t.co\/VfrqMF1rjR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 1WesRS (@1WesRebel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1WesRebel\/status\/1788922518511800717?\">May 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A Thursday hearing on the change brought out impassioned arguments for and against the change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you vote to restore the name \u2018Stonewall Jackson\u2019 in 2024, you will be resurrecting an act in 1959 that is forever rooted in mass resistance and Jim Crow segregation,\u201d one resident said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ask that when you cast your vote, you remember that Stonewall Jackson and others fighting on the side of the Confederacy in this area were intent on protecting the land, the buildings and the lives of those under attack. Preservation is the focus of those wishing to restore the names,\u201d a woman whose name was not given said in supporting the change, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/09\/us\/shenandoah-county-confederate-school-names-reaj\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Barlow, the school board chair, said anti-Confederate bias is due to a misreading of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-alabama-lawmakers-reject-dem-effort-strip-protections-confederate-monuments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">history<\/a>, according to WHSV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople in the Shenandoah Valley say that only the Confederates are the ones who did nasty things, or did nasty things to black people,\u201d he said. \u201cYou just stopped reading your history, and you\u2019re not being realistic. 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Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprising turn of events on May 10, 2024, the Shenandoah County School Board reinstated the names of Confederate generals, including Stonewall Jackson, to its schools. 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