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Fairfax County School Board votes to change name of Robert E. Lee High School
Posted on 6/23/20 at 7:10 pm
Posted on 6/23/20 at 7:10 pm
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Superintendent Scott Brabrand recommended six possible replacement names: John Lewis, Barack Obama, Mildred Loving, Cesar Chavez, Legacy and Central Springfield.
John Lewis: no connection whatsoever to Virginia, quote 'It's going to be very difficult. I don't see the president-elect [Donald Trump] as a legitimate president.'
Barack Obama: no connection whatsoever to Virginia, quote 'I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.'
Mildred Loving: She married a white man and defeated VA's prohibition on interracial marriages.
Cesar Chavez: no connection whatsoever to Virginia, quote ' Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.' Hmmm, really?!?!
Robert E. Lee: native son of VA, quote 'So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained.'
I'll let their words/deeds speak for the idiocy of this move.
Superintendent Scott Brabrand recommended six possible replacement names: John Lewis, Barack Obama, Mildred Loving, Cesar Chavez, Legacy and Central Springfield.
John Lewis: no connection whatsoever to Virginia, quote 'It's going to be very difficult. I don't see the president-elect [Donald Trump] as a legitimate president.'
Barack Obama: no connection whatsoever to Virginia, quote 'I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.'
Mildred Loving: She married a white man and defeated VA's prohibition on interracial marriages.
Cesar Chavez: no connection whatsoever to Virginia, quote ' Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.' Hmmm, really?!?!
Robert E. Lee: native son of VA, quote 'So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained.'
I'll let their words/deeds speak for the idiocy of this move.
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Posted on 6/23/20 at 7:14 pm to conservativewifeymom
Che Guevera High School has a nice ring to it.
Che Guevera - Has no ties to Virginia but he fits the current direction and reasoning behind this Marxist takeover
and if you don't like it you're a racist white supremacist colonizer that hates POC that have been victims of systematic oppression.
Che Guevera - Has no ties to Virginia but he fits the current direction and reasoning behind this Marxist takeover
and if you don't like it you're a racist white supremacist colonizer that hates POC that have been victims of systematic oppression.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 7:15 pm to conservativewifeymom
Here in San Antonio they renamed lee high school to L.E.E high school. Or legacy of educational excellence hs. I think that just made everyone mad.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 7:17 pm to mgdtiger
My stock suggestion for any renaming is Dan White HS, with the Fighting Twinkies as mascot.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 7:20 pm to conservativewifeymom
How about "Dumb As A Rock" it fits the ensemble...
Posted on 6/23/20 at 7:21 pm to conservativewifeymom
While renaming is fricking stupid,
Or
Are the only acceptable ones
quote:
Mildred Loving
Or
quote:
Central Springfield
Are the only acceptable ones
Posted on 6/23/20 at 7:40 pm to mgdtiger
I would love to see some stats on that school, including test scores, etc. 
Posted on 6/23/20 at 7:45 pm to conservativewifeymom
F it.
Just call the shite.
Karl Marx high.
Or
Vladimir Lenin high.
Or
Mao Zedong high.
Fn communist pieces of shite.
Just call the shite.
Karl Marx high.
Or
Vladimir Lenin high.
Or
Mao Zedong high.
Fn communist pieces of shite.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 7:51 pm to conservativewifeymom
quote:
Barack Obama: no connection whatsoever to Virginia,
Once you’re the president, you have a connection to every state. There are George Washington and Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt high schools all across this country, even in states that weren’t part of the country when they were president.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 7:59 pm to conservativewifeymom
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:07 pm to conservativewifeymom
quote:
Robert E. Lee: native son of VA
Cherry picking Lee quotes or stories will not lead you to concluding he’s the most noble role model.
Not many people will want to name a school after the guy who personally instructed salt water to be poured over the fresh whip lash wounds of slaves.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:15 pm to OleWar
My mom taught at Lee for 25 years. The demographics in the area changed significantly in that time. She taught a lot of Vietnamese and African refugees who embodied the American dream; parents worked incredibly hard to ensure their children went to college and obtained gainful employment I.e. doctors, chemists.
The writing on the wall was when they changed JEB Stuart high school’s name a few years ago.
If they are going to change the name I would recommend that they choose a landmark instead of a person. 495 interchange High School, Accotink, Franconia or North Springfield.
The writing on the wall was when they changed JEB Stuart high school’s name a few years ago.
If they are going to change the name I would recommend that they choose a landmark instead of a person. 495 interchange High School, Accotink, Franconia or North Springfield.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:18 pm to SeaBass23
I also live in the area, been thinking Franconia made the most sense because of its location.
As others said, not a bad school. Very diverse but lots of upwardly mobile strivers.
As others said, not a bad school. Very diverse but lots of upwardly mobile strivers.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:20 pm to conservativewifeymom
Fidel Castro High
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:22 pm to FtHuntTiger
quote:
As others said, not a bad school. Very diverse but lots of upwardly mobile strivers.
It should be a decent school. Fairfax, along with other NOVA counties, is consistently one of the highest income counties in the country. Fairfax High School is a great school.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:27 pm to Steadmans Cheddar
Did you light your candle to your saint BHO today? 
Posted on 6/25/20 at 9:16 am to Steadmans Cheddar
I may be wroing, but I don't think Fairfax HS is part of the Fairfax County school system. It's in Fairfax city, a different jurisdiction.
This post was edited on 6/25/20 at 9:18 am
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