The school board in Shenandoah County, Virginia, approved a proposal that will restore the names of Confederate military leaders to two public schools. The measure, which passed 5-1, reverses a previous decision in 2020 to change the names of schools that had been linked to Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Turner Ashby.
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Virginia school board approves a proposal to restore names of Confederate leaders
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