澳彩开奖 to Duval County School Board: Follow the Community鈥檚 Lead
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. 鈥� Recently, the Duval County Public Schools鈥� Renaming Canvassing Board counted all votes. The results confirm that the Jacksonville community is ready to leave the Confederacy behind by renaming all of schools glorifying Confederate leaders.
The following statement is from 澳彩开奖 Chief of Staff Lecia Brooks:
鈥淣ow that the votes have been counted, the will of the community must be respected.
鈥淣o Jacksonville student should be forced to align with institutions named after men who fought to keep Black people enslaved, uneducated and dehumanized.
鈥淚t is now up to the Duval County School Board, who will vote on June 1, to allow Jacksonville to move toward the right side of history. We join our Jacksonville allies in to accept the new names chosen by the community so that students can begin to foster a sense of local and cultural pride in their schools.鈥�
