During their May 9 meeting, the Hanover School Board chose "Ashland Elementary" as the name for a elementary school that will open its doors to students in the 2024-25 school year. The choice comes after a passionate debate among the community on how to properly honor history that has spanned nearly two months.
Roberto Clemente’s family this week visited the mural and school in Orlando, formerly known as Stonewall Jackson Middle, but renamed in honor of the Major League Baseball legend.
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Items from former Lee-Davis High, Stonewall Jackson Middle schools to be auctioned Items from the former Lee-Davis High School and Stonewall Jackson Middle will be auctioned off. (Source: NBC12) By NBC12 Newsroom | January 8, 2021 at 5:21 PM EST - Updated January 8 at 5:22 PM HANOVER Co., Va. (WWBT) - Items from the former Lee-Davis High School and Stonewall Jackson Middle will be auctioned off. The surplus property auction will start with items from the former Lee-Davis High School on Jan. 11. Surplus items from the former Stonewall Jackson Middle will be added in the coming weeks. The action is being done by Hanover County Public Schools in conjunction with the Hanover County Purchasing Department. The action will be on GovDeals.
Stonewall Jackson Road in east Orlando could soon be renamed. Instead of continuing as the namesake of a Confederate general who fought in defense of slavery, it could honor Roberto Clemente, a Puerto Rican baseball player and humanitarian who died in 1972 in a plane crash while on his way to deliver relief supplies to Nicaragua.
A look back at memorable moments in Richmond, Va., from 2020. From pandemic to protests, from voting to vaccines and everything in between, 2020 in the Richmond area â and across the globe â has been a year like no other. âUnprecedentedâ is a word thrown around when describing the past 12 months (or was it 12 years?), but to come up with one that better encapsulates what has happened across our region, state, country and world would be to perhaps create a new language. As we prepare with hopeful anticipation for a new year with new promises and priorities, the Richmond Times-Dispatch looks back on what happened locally and across the commonwealth in 2020 â the year that was.
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