Confederate names reinstated by vote of Virginia county school board

A county school board in Virginia decided this week to restore the original Confederate names of two schools previously deemed offensive.Following the death of George Floyd in 2020, the Shenandoah County School Board voted to change the names of two schools in their jurisdiction named after Confederate generals. Stonewall Jackson High School, named after Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, became Mountain View High School. Ashby Lee Elementary School, named after Gens. Turner Ashby and Robert E. Lee, became Honey Run Elementary School. On Thursday, the school board held a public hearing to…