Leftist.Gorilla Wrote:
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> chuckhoffmann Wrote:
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> > Here's the recommended action given in the
> agenda
> > item from the October 26 meeting
> > agenda:
On July 27, the School Board
> > confirmed, and reaffirms today, that there
> exists
> > a compelling need to change the name of J.E.B.
> > Stuart High School.
> > Since the July 27 vote, the Superintendent has
> > pursued a process to determine a community
> > recommendation. Among other things, the
> > Superintendent has convened a community meeting
> to
> > solicit suggestions for a new name, and held an
> > advisory vote by households within the
> school’s
> > attendance area. That vote showed that the
> > preference of a majority of the voting
> households
> > is a name other than “Stuart High School.”
> > Therefore, I move that the name of J.E.B.
> Stuart
> > High School be changed to “Justice High
> > School,” in tribute to all those who have
> > championed justice for all, including, among
> many
> > others, Thurgood Marshall, Barbara Rose Johns,
> and
> > Col. Louis G. Mendez, Jr. I further move that
> the
> > Superintendent be directed to develop an
> > implementation plan by Dec. 14,
> > 2017.
It's worth noting that the
> > agenda item mentions that 'the preference of a
> > majority of the voting households is a name
> other
> > than “Stuart High School.”', which as far as
> I
> > can tell is a very creative interpretation of
> the
> > voting results.
> >
> > The overwhelming preference in the community
> vote
> > of September 16 was to rename the school from
> "J.
> > E. B. Stuart High School" to simply "Stuart
> High
> > School", as evidenced by the vote tally at
> >
https://www.fcps.edu/renaming/communitynames
> >
> > If you combine the first-choice tallies for
> > Thurgood Marshall, Barbara Rose Johns and Louis
> G
> > Mendez, (444, 441, and 129, respectively) they
> do
> > beat the 819 first-choice votes for "Stuart".
> >
> > Of course, no one will be punished for this
> vote,
> > and without consequences the board will just do
> > what it damn well pleases.
>
> I know...right, Chuck? Trump gets to do whatever
> he wants so, why shouldn't local governance, too?
>
> If the people ever get woke, they could remove
> School Board members...but, they'd rather lament
> results instead.
This SB is the most "creative" group I have ever seen. They vote to consider "Stuart", then "Stuart" gets the most votes and they change the rules.
I'm no lawyer, but it seems to me that they have not followed their own rules and policies.