By Charlotte Aguilar Houston ISD trustees voted 5-4 along racial lines Thursday night to begin the process of changing the names of Sidney Lanier and Albert Sidney Johnston middle schools and 6-3 to rename Jefferson Davis High School because of their namesakes’ connections to the Confederacy. The three African-American and two Latino trustees supported the […]
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HISD board says Lanier MS and two others must change their names, Carnegie Vanguard must end UIL sports
HISD trustee to meet with Lanier MS community on name change
January 21, 2016
The promised community meeting to discuss whether the name of Lanier Middle School should be changed has been set for 6 p.m. Feb. 3 at the school, 2600 Woodhead St. The campus is one of eight in an HISD proposal to remove the names of schools whose namesakes have ties with the Confederacy and to […]
February 11, 2016
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