HISD votes to rename schools with Confederate ties (TX)

[struggle4progress]

By Ericka Mellon
10:53 pm, Thursday, May 12, 2016

Eight names that have adorned Houston school buildings, uniforms and spirit items for decades will vanish next year after trustees came together Thursday to approve new ones without Confederate ties ...

Reagan High School will become Heights High after the neighborhood. Davis High similarly will change to Northside High. Lee High will take the name of former longtime educator Margaret Long Wisdom.

Johnston Middle will become Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School. Jackson Middle will turn into Yolanda Black Navarro Middle School of Excellence, after the late East End civic leader.

Dowling Middle will take the name of Audrey H. Lawson, after the late charter school co-founder and first lady of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church ...

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/HISD-removes-names-of-8-schools-with-Confederate-7465929.php

[kentauros]

1. Cool!

I like the idea of "Wisdom High" for a school name

[struggle4progress]

2. HISD Faces Lawsuit Over Name Changes

May 13th, 2016 @ 4:39am
by Corey Olson

This week, opponents of the name changes threatened a lawsuit against the district ...

Wayne Dolcefino, spokesman for opposition groups like the Lanier Watchdogs, tells KTRH the lawsuit will focus on ... the cost of the name changes ...

The second issue in the lawsuit will be what criteria the district used to determine which school names to change ...

There's no specific timetable for when the lawsuit will be filed ...

http://www.ktrh.com/articles/houston-news-121300/hisd-faces-lawsuit-over-name-changes-14709151/