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by Jake McElveen
(5/29/2020)
Summerton residents received news last week that Saint Paul Elementary would be changing their name to honor Clarendon School District One’s former superintendent Dr. Rose Wilder.
According to some, this change came as an absolute shock.
“Why would we name a school in the Summerton area in honor of a regular employee when we […] have the great honor of being the home to education pioneers,” asked SBHS Graduate Joseph L. Dingle in a Letter to the Editor. “This decision insults those pioneers.”
This ignited a spark that would lead to a petition, one that calls for the name to be changed, or at least reimagined.