School honoring Confederate general has new name: Justice (VA)

[struggle4progress]

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A Virginia school board has chosen "Justice" as the new name for a high school that has honored a Confederate general since the 1950s.

The Fairfax County school board had solicited input from families inside the school's attendance boundaries after deciding to rename J.E.B. Stuart High School in Falls Church. The community's top choice was to remove "J.E.B." and be known simply as "Stuart High School." Indeed, the board itself had suggested Stuart High as a possible compromise back in July when it voted to remove the J.E.B. Stuart name.

But in a 7-4 vote following a four-hour debate Thursday night, the board opted for its own idea of Justice High School ...

http://www.whsv.com/content/news/School-honoring-Confederate-general-has-a-new-name-Justice-453693633.html

[guillaumeb]

1. Another possible name would be "Progress". eom

[sheshe2]

2. K&R

For Justice.