Posted on November 17, 2020

Four South Carolina Schools to Have Confederate General’s Name Removed

WLTX, November 16, 2020

Lee County Schools is renaming four schools whose names honor Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

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The districts said the schools were all opened in the 1950s “during a period of intense resistance to desegregation in many southern states.”

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“We cannot change the county’s name, but we do feel a need to change the names of our schools to reflect the population that we serve,” said Sanya Moses, the Chair of the Lee County Board of Trustees in a statement. “We have a school district population of 98%. As a board, we believe that it is time to rename the four schools to make them more inclusive of the population.”

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“I have spoken with some students from Lee Central High who feel that the school that they attend should not be named in honor of a confederate general,” said Keel Addison, a member of the committee, in a statement released by the district.

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