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COMMENTARY | Jacksonville, aided by civic institutions like this very newspaper, has historically done a pretty good job simultaneously suppressing its rich Civil Rights history and glossing over its racist track record with a friendly chamber-of-commerce shine, and thus some people in town are under the mistaken impression a handful of Duval County's public schools were named after a rogues' gallery of Confederate leaders for reasons  other than contempt for the city's Black residents. Jacksonville was neither a consequential theater in the Civil War nor a particularly valued place in ...

Signs supporting new name for Lee High popping up in surrounding neighborhoods Updated:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Signs supporting the name change of Robert E. Lee High school are popping up in neighborhoods surrounding the school. On Monday night, a school advisory committee proposed four alternative names, with the fifth option being to keep the school name the way it is: Avondale High School Robert E. Lee High School If you drive around 5 Points, Riverside and Avondale, you’ll notice signs reading, “Change the Name.” RELATED: Ruth Thompson, who supports the name change of Lee...

Dozens attend Duval School Board meeting as name change debate continues Published:  Tags:  There was a long line of people to get in to Tuesday night's meeting. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Dozens of people flooded the Duval County School board meeting Tuesday evening, taking the name change fight to the decision makers. The overflow room was also packed. UPDATE: The @DuvalSchools HQ overflow room is at capacity under #COVID19 guidelines -- but many more people want to speak at tonight's board meeting than can fit in the building. Staff have begun distributing speaker cards to keep track of who ...

The local plan will set out long-term development strategy until 2040 Redeveloping Leegate Shopping Centre, turning the South Circular into a ‘healthy street’, and building more than 1,200 new homes are some of Lewisham Council’s plans for east of the borough. The plan also sets out priorities for specific areas, including for green space and transport. The final version is expected to be adopted by the council between summer and autumn of 2022.  The council is hoping that 27,267 new homes will be built across the borough by 2040.  The plan, which will feed into planning d...

It wasn’t until 1968 that Duval County Public Schools integrated its faculty and staff members. Author: Phillip Smith Updated: 2:38 PM EDT March 17, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Alumni and community members continued to express their concerns about the renaming of their once beloved high school at the Duval County Public Schools meeting Thursday night. History of DCPS’ Robert E. Lee High School “Now is the time to change its name," said a community member. “I’m an alumni of this school. Most of the people in opposition of this to this aren’t," said V...