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(Fairfax)- Graduates of two Fairfax County schools can request to get new diplomas reflecting a name change for their schools

We have seen the effects in Jacksonville. Confederate statues have been removed and parks renamed. The School Board is considering renaming six schools named for Confederate leaders. The Interfaith Coalition for Action, Reconciliation and Empowerment (ICARE) is calling for a major change in the way police handle nonviolent crimes, replacing arrests with civil citations. Though Sheriff Mike Williams has not commented, State Attorney Melissa Nelson said she supports the idea and has been in talks with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office about it. The Asian American community also got some enc...

Letters from readers: Don't stifle peaceful assembly Letters from readers Don't stifle peaceful assembly In the heat of hastily contrived inspiration, also known as knee-jerk reaction, state leadership intends to ramp up and apply the heavy hand of punishment as a first response. It would seem to be an obvious deterrent but any legislation that assumes guilt by tenuous association is flawed. The proposed anti-riot bill does nothing to protect a citizen’s right to peacefully assemble when a few bad actors can throw rocks, start fires, assault first responders or loot businesses and disappear...

Records show the premise of the lawsuit is for retaliation and right to free speech. Along with the school district, Donofrio is also suing Scott Schneider — who currently serves as Duval Schools' High School Region Superintendent — for "relentless retaliation and violation of her rights to free speech and expression."  Before Schneider became a district-level administrator, he served as the principal at Robert E. Lee High School where Donofrio worked. Donofrio co-founded the EVAC Movement, and taught a class for the program at the school. The class was shut down under Schneider's lead...

While the chamber is not asking the school board to revise its process for renaming schools — which began last year — it is pressing Superintendent Diana Greene to recommend new names for the six schools and for the school board to approve those recommendations in its votes.  Greene's recommendation is expected in mid-to-late May.  “This is an economic development issue,” JAX Chamber Chair Henry Brown, who serves as President and CEO of Miller Electric, said in a statement. “We are asking companies to invest here, and for top talent to move and live here. We say that we are open t...