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.
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Principal Jodie Cohen elbow bumps a student at James Madison High School in Brooklyn on March 22. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
NEW YORK CITY New York City passed the 1 million mark for coronavirus tests conducted in its public schools.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the milestone Friday on WNYC s Brian Lehrer Show.
He linked it to plans to bring 80,000 city workers back into offices starting Monday. COVID-19 positivity in schools is 0.34 percent, he said.
Subscribe That s highly pertinent because we re using the same exact strategy to keep city offices safe as we have used successfully in our public schools, he said.
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