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The school board conducted a survey and decided to rename both schools. By Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Honolulu, Hawaii. Kat Wade/Getty Images
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Both Thomas Jefferson and George Mason are considered “Founding Fathers” of the U.S.
A plethora of institutions have been renamed in a show of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
Two schools in Falls Church, Va., will undergo name changes to shed the racist connotations associated with their present namesakes.
George Mason High School and Thomas Jefferson Elementary School will be renamed following a 10-month long decision process from the Falls Church City School Board, local outlets report.
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GETTING DEMOLISHED is the former George Mason High School, which will make way for the West End development in the coming years. (Photo: Courtesy Shaun Van Steyn)
Edwin B. Henderson II, a long-time local civil rights activist and founder of Falls Church’s Tinner Hill Foundation, was unanimously voted onto the School Board of the Falls Church City Public Schools by the board Tuesday night. He fills the seat vacated by the resignation of Shawna Russell last month and he will serve through the end of 2021 pending an upcoming November election when that position and three others on the seven-member board will be contested.
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The vote comes despite an October community survey that found 56% opposition to changing the school names.
“After deep and careful consideration of everything I’ve heard and read, I conclude that renaming both schools is in the best interest of our students and a necessary part of our equity work,” Greg Anderson, chair of the Falls Church School Board, said Tuesday.
The name change is a school board initiative that began in the summer at the height of social unrest and included a survey of the Falls Church community taken in October.
The survey revealed that 56% of the community overall asked that the names stay on the schools, including 61% of the parents of Thomas Jefferson Elementary students and 57% of George Mason High parents.