Photograph by Andrew Beaujon.
Alexandria’s school board voted Thursday to change the name of T.C. Williams High School to Alexandria City High School. The new name will take effect on July 1 of this year. The school’s teams’ nickname will remain the Titans, as was made famous in the remarkably inaccurate Disney film
Remember the Titans.
⚪ It s official! The School Board has voted and the new school name for @tcwtitans is Alexandria City High School! The new school name will be implemented starting July 1, 2021. #ForeverTheTitans#RememberTheTitanspic.twitter.com/R4rARtXy9K
T.C. Williams was named for Thomas Chambliss Williams, a former superintendent of Alexandria’s school system who was an avowed segregationist. A long-simmering movement to shed his name picked up speed last year during the racial reckoning that followed George Floyd’s killing by a police officer in Minneapolis. The school board vote followed a renaming process that solicited names from students (w
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By Sabrina Conte
Jan 12, 2021
T.C. Williams High School, the only public high school in Alexandria is getting a new name. The public school system has opened up a poll to the public to narrow down one of the 50 submissions that students put in over the past few weeks. One of which, is Meghan Markle High School. Other names include Titan Collegiate , Alexander Hamilton High School, and even Anime High . The voting is now open to the public. Place your vote! It s due by January 27th. I voted for Titan Community High School. Of course, T.C. Williams is the school in the movie Remember the Titans