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Lee High to become P.B.S. Pinchback Magnet High School.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:19 pm
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:19 pm
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A 13-member committee tasked with recommending a new name for Lee High School in Baton Rouge has settled on three proposed names Monday night after reviewing thousands of recommendations.
They are: Louisiana Magnet High School, Liberty Magnet High School, and P.B.S. Pinchback Magnet High
We all know how this will end. LINK
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Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:20 pm to fatboydave
They keep slapping magnet on these schools and then can't understand why nothing improves.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:21 pm to fatboydave
It’d be nice if you were honest with the thread title.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:22 pm to fatboydave
No offense to P.B.S. Pinchback, but that name is quite a mouthful.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:22 pm to fatboydave
Did they make it a magnet program to appease the St George taxpayers?
If so...smart move.
If so...smart move.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:27 pm to fatboydave
It will always be Lee High to me but at least PBS Pinchback is a Louisiana historical figure. They could have named it a lot dumber shite. Plus Pinchback Patriots is not bad.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:27 pm to dewster
Nevermind, became a magnet in 2011, I thought it had always been one
This post was edited on 7/13/20 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:29 pm to red sox fan 13
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It has always been a magnet
Lee? Nah. I had a girlfriend in 1994 that went to Lee and she was dumb as a brick but really cute to 16 year old Fallguy. It used to be just a regular HS.
This post was edited on 7/13/20 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:29 pm to fatboydave
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Since then, the school system solicited ideas from the public through an online survey, collecting more than 5,000 responses: some historic, some generic and some profane, with at least one name suggestion using the N-word to reference the state's dark legacy of lynching Black men.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:29 pm to fatboydave
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The top vote-getter Monday night was Liberty Magnet High School.
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The proposed names now go to Superintendent Warren Drake and a final vote Thursday by the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, which can pick any name it chooses.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:30 pm to GoldenBoy
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No offense to P.B.S. Pinchback, but that name is quite a mouthful.
No different than A. M. Barbe - it will simply be Pinchback High School outside of formal documents.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:31 pm to fatboydave
PBSPMHS
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:31 pm to red sox fan 13
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It will always be Lee High to me but at least PBS Pinchback is a Louisiana historical figure
I've honestly never heard of Pinchback.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:32 pm to fallguy_1978
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I've honestly never heard of Pinchback.
I learned about him in middle school. There's not much to say about him other than being the first black governor of Louisiana.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:32 pm to fatboydave
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At that time, Lee Magnet High was the favorite choice of many students, staff and parents at the school, partly to place the newly rebuilt school on a par with the other dedicated magnet high school in town, Baton Rouge Magnet High.
The board, however, resisted, largely because of the $250,000-plus cost of adding the word “Magnet” to the school’s name, especially to the large nameplate that adorns its Commons Building. Promoters of the school, however, have largely ignored the official name of Lee High in favor of “Lee Magnet High.” That’s evident from the school’s website, its promotional literature, even its Wikipedia page, all of which proclaim the school’s name as Lee Magnet High.
The estimated renaming costs today are similar to what they were then. At least one group, New Schools for Baton Rouge, pledged last month to “offer funds to replace the school’s exterior signage,” but it’s unclear how much of the total tab that would cover. Meanwhile, the private Foundation for East Baton Rouge School System has set up a special webpage to raise money for the effort.
This is gonna cost $250k?!?!?
This post was edited on 7/13/20 at 9:33 pm
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:34 pm to LordSaintly
He doesn’t even look black. It must have been a 1 drop type thing. I just like it because it’s unique, not some generic MLK or freedom academy or something like that
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:34 pm to LordSaintly
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I learned about him in middle school. There's not much to say about him other than being the first black governor of Louisiana.
I'm not trying to be controversial here but I never knew that LA had a black governor at some point.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:35 pm to SPEEDY
Exactly
A group wants to change the name then they need to be responsible for all new signage, letterhead, fees whatever
Tax payers shouldn’t have to foot the bill because a name makes grown arse adults unable to get through the day
A group wants to change the name then they need to be responsible for all new signage, letterhead, fees whatever
Tax payers shouldn’t have to foot the bill because a name makes grown arse adults unable to get through the day
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:35 pm to SPEEDY
Wow. Didn't think fr33 would take the time to submit a name.
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Since then, the school system solicited ideas from the public through an online survey, collecting more than 5,000 responses: some historic, some generic and some profane, with at least one name suggestion using the N-word to reference the state's dark legacy of lynching Black men.
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:36 pm to fallguy_1978
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I'm not trying to be controversial here but I never knew that LA had a black governor at some point
Neither did I.
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