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Court Rules Against Confederate School Names in Virginia’s Shenandoah County

A federal judge ruled that Shenandoah County must once again change the names of two schools it had returned to their original names in 2024.

The schools had been named Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby-Lee Elementary School until the names were changed in 2020 to Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary School.

After new school board members were elected two years ago, the board voted 5-1 to restore the original names, but it refused to publicly explain the motives behind the change. Four students and the Virginia NAACP sued the district, launching the federal case.

U.S. District Judge Michael Urbanski wrote a 141-page decision that concluded that the 2024 change violated the rights black students have under the 14th Amendment as well as the Equal Educational Opportunities Act.

“The Confederate names were restored with complete awareness of their historic legacy and ongoing discriminatory impact. In the court’s view, the affirmative act of reinstating these vestiges of segregation is far more problematic than a passive failure........

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