NEISD trustees request report on handling of Confederate names (TX)
By Greta Kaul
October 13, 2015
North East Independent School District will look into how other districts have handled contentious Confederate namesakes, its board decided Monday.
The NEISD trustees have been under pressure from speakers at recent meetings who want to change the name of the district’s Robert E. Lee High School ...
In June, former San Antonio mayor Julián Castro .. suggested changing the name to someone more appropriate to “honor, and spotlight.” By Tuesday, more than 11,000 had signed an online petition begun over the summer by a Lee student ...
... The school removed the Confederate flag from school uniforms and school-sponsored activities in 1991.
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