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McFarland board votes 4-1 to rename Conrad Elvium Primary School after two‑year review
Summary
The McFarland School District board voted 4-1 to accept a citizens committee recommendation to rename Conrad Elvium Primary School, following a two‑year review prompted by a student complaint about a 1931 racial covenant.
The McFarland School District Board of Education voted 4-1 Monday to accept the Citizens Advisory Facilities Naming Committee’s recommendation to rename Conrad Elvium Primary School.
The board’s vote followed a two‑year review that began after a student, Riley Brown, raised concerns about historical evidence the committee found linking the school’s namesake to a 1931 petition to change neighborhood covenants to exclude people of color. District staff and committee members presented the committee’s report and recommendation at the meeting; the motion to accept that recommendation was made by Board member Megan Chapman and seconded by a fellow board member. The motion passed 4-1.
The committee’s report summarized both achievements and contested history tied to the name. The committee wrote that Conrad Elvium’s name “is connected to a documented event in 1931 when he was one of 106 people who signed a petition to…
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