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Midland ISD board adopts revised naming policy after public comments on Lee/Legacy High School
Summary
Trustees unanimously amended and approved a new local policy for naming facilities to add a criterion excluding persons who "have openly advocated or participated in war against the United States of America," after a lengthy public comment period dominated by debate over reverting Legacy High School to Lee High School.
Brandon Hodges, president of the Midland Independent School District Board of Trustees, and the board on July 29 unanimously approved a revised local policy (CW local) that adds a sixth naming criterion: “Any person who has not openly advocated or participated in war against The United States Of America.” The board approved the amendment after a public comment period in which multiple speakers urged the trustees either to keep the name Legacy High School or to acknowledge the full history behind the former Lee High School name.
The adoption followed more than an hour of public remarks. Rick Davis, one of several speakers opposing a return to the Lee name, said the name was tied to…
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