Northern Virginia

Loudoun Co. School Board Reviews 10 Schools' Names Over Confederate or Segregationist Ties

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The Loudoun County school board in Northern Virginia is considering name changes for 10 of its schools because of Confederate or segregationist ties.

The Black history committee presented a total of 10 schools to the board, and suggested renaming two of them:

  • Frances Hazel Reid Elementary School
  • Mercer Middle School

The committee said another eight need to be studied further:

  • Ball's Bluff Elementary School
  • Belmont Ridge Middle School
  • Belmont Station Elementary School
  • Emerick Elementary School
  • Hutchinson Farm Elementary School
  • Moorefield Station Elementary School
  • Seldens Landing Elementary School
  • Sully Elementary School

Those names have a "direct association with the enslavement of people, Daughters of the Confederacy, the Lost Cause, and the American Colonization Society," the committee said.

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