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Federal judge says restoring Stonewall Jackson name at Shenandoah school violates students’ rights
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Virginia Mercury
The plaintiffs want Confederate names, mascots and vestiges removed from the school, and to prevent any future school naming involving Confederate leaders or references to the Confederacy.
“By reinstating the name “Stonewall Jackson High School” and thereby compelling students to advance the School Board’s chosen message favoring “Stonewall Jackson” through the conduct of extracurricular activities rendered expressive by that name, the School Board has violated plaintiffs’ First Amendment rights, as incorporated by the Fourteenth Amendment, against compelled speech,” Urbanski wrote.
Urbanski granted the students’ summary judgement, denied the school board’s counter motion and deferred a final judgment on the matter.
Between the 1950s and 1960s, Shenandoah County officials named public schools after Confederate leaders.
The Mercury contacted the school board for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
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