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APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Nearly three years after his death, Ronald Dunlap's legacy lives on at the school h...

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View Comments APPLETON - Exactly 20 months after Ron Dunlap, a longtime Appleton principal who was hailed as one of the most influential African Americans in Wisconsin, died, the Appleton School Board moved to rename Lincoln Elementary in his honor. After months of tense community debate, the board voted 4-3 at its Monday meeting in favor of the proposal to rename Lincoln to the "Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary School, Home of the Lincoln Lions." Speaking ahead of the board's vote on Monday, Yvette Dunlap urged the board to vote in favor of the proposal, saying her husband's contributions to t...

View Comments APPLETON - Residents of the Appleton Area School District will get their chance this week to provide feedback on the proposal to rename Lincoln Elementary in honor of Ron Dunlap. In the next step of a newly-developed district policy to address making decisions about renaming district facilities and buildings, the school board on Monday endorsed a process to notify the community of the possible change, and the format of a survey to gauge the community's perspective. The survey, which will ask respondents to rank their preferences on five renaming options, will open at 8 a.m. Frid...

View Comments APPLETON - The Appleton School Board on Monday decided to officially consider the request to rename Lincoln Elementary in honor of longtime principal and community leader Ron Dunlap. The 5-2 vote means the school board will develop a process for notifying the community and gathering input and feedback on the request — the next step of a new policy the board approved last month to address decisions about renaming district facilities and buildings. Board members Gary Jahnke and Deb Truyman voted against giving further consideration to the proposal to replace Lincoln Elementary'...