Lee High School name change gets no traction with NEISD board (TX)
December 7, 2015
North East Independent School District’s board voted 5-2 Monday against renaming Robert E. Lee High School, in the most visible display of a board consensus in response to an issue that has dominated public comment periods at several board meetings since the summer ...
“Personally, the name Robert E. Lee has always been offensive to me as an African American,” White told the board during discussion.
Those who supported keeping the name argued that the intent of the board when it named the school in 1958 could not have been to condone slavery. They said that learning from history is key ...
Kayla Wilson, the Lee student who started an online petition to rename the school, said she was disappointed in the board for its decision. She said in her experience, most students at the school do not support its name ...
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