Tuesday marked a year since a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd, sparking an unprecedented push to address anti-Black racism across the country. Oregonians immediately joined in, holding protests and marches in cities from Hermiston to Grants Pass. In Portland, they took to the streets on May 28 and gathered across the city to rally for racial justice for more than 100 .
Opinion: High school name change from Madison to McDaniel reflects community and core values
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The gym at the newly-renamed Leodis V. McDaniel High School. Previously called Madison, the East Portland school is one of the three high schools being modernized with funds from a 2017 bond. Portland Public SchoolsPortland Public Schools
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Marston is a senior at Leodis V. McDaniel High School.
This may be the first time that you are hearing the name Leodis V. McDaniel. And that is one of the many reasons that the Madison High School community and its renaming committee found it so important to honor such a remarkable person in our name change. Someone who so deeply reflects our school’s core values of community, respect, education, equity and diversity should be widely recognized and celebrated as the leader he was and through our renaming, we were given the opportunity to make that a reality.
So long, James Madison. Hello, Leodis McDaniel High School
Updated Feb 24, 2021;
Posted Feb 24, 2021
Leodis McDaniel, who oversaw the desegregation of what was then Madison High School, was chosen as the building s new namesake by a committee of students, staff, alumni and community members.Photo courtesy Portland Public Schools
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Madison High School is no more. The Northeast Portland school once named after the fourth president of the United States is now Leodis V. McDaniel High.
A coalition of students, educators, alumni and community members chose one of the school’s beloved former principals as its next namesake. The group surveyed nearly 2,500 people since September and received more than 400 nominations.