School Board Approves Reversal of Confederate School Names in Bitterly Divided Virginia Town
Quicksburg, Virginia – In a move that has reignited a divisive debate in the small town of Quicksburg, the Shenandoah County School Board voted 5-1 to restore the Confederate names of two schools. The decision to return to the names Stonewall Jackson High and Ashby-Lee Elementary comes after a heated discussion that split the community. After facing pressure from residents who deemed the 2020 name change unpopular, the school board’s rare reversal marks the United …