Quote:HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The Houston Independent School District approved changes for $1.2 million that will cover costs to rename schools named after Confederate leaders.

HISD says the amount will also cover the cost of replacing athletic and band uniforms.

The board voted in May to rename the following schools:
* Lee High School to Margaret Long Wisdom High School
* Albert Sidney Johnston Middle School to Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School
* Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson Middle School to Yolanda Black Navarro Middle School of Excellence

* John Reagan High School to Heights High School
* Richard Dowling Middle School to Audrey H. Lawson Middle School
* Sidney Lanier Middle School to Bob Lanier Middle School
* Jefferson Davis High School to Northside High School

http://abc13.com/education/hisd-approves...s/1466632/

I'm glad they want to name a school after Buffalo native, Bennett High School and St Bona's all time great basketball star.



























Yeah, I know it's a different Bob Lanier.

and you have a problem with this UTSA?

(08-12-2016 10:37 AM)john01992 Wrote:  and you have a problem with this UTSA?

$1.2 million to rename schools that are falling apart? yes.

(08-12-2016 10:43 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:37 AM)john01992 Wrote:  and you have a problem with this UTSA?

$1.2 million to rename schools that are falling apart? yes.

I haven't seen you get worked up over something so trivial since christian christian christian Muslim.

(08-12-2016 10:44 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:43 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:37 AM)john01992 Wrote:  and you have a problem with this UTSA?

$1.2 million to rename schools that are falling apart? yes.

I haven't seen you get worked up over something so trivial since christian christian christian Muslim.

so now having a problem with HISD approving $1.2 million, of my tax money, to rename schools is getting worked up?

(08-12-2016 10:47 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:44 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:43 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:37 AM)john01992 Wrote:  and you have a problem with this UTSA?

$1.2 million to rename schools that are falling apart? yes.

I haven't seen you get worked up over something so trivial since christian christian christian Muslim.

so now having a problem with HISD approving $1.2 million, of my tax money, to rename schools is getting worked up?

They were going to get new athletic/band uniforms eventually.

(08-12-2016 10:59 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:47 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:44 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:43 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:37 AM)john01992 Wrote:  and you have a problem with this UTSA?

$1.2 million to rename schools that are falling apart? yes.

I haven't seen you get worked up over something so trivial since christian christian christian Muslim.

so now having a problem with HISD approving $1.2 million, of my tax money, to rename schools is getting worked up?

They were going to get new athletic/band uniforms eventually.

How much do you think they will spend on buying new marching band uniforms?

(08-12-2016 11:06 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:59 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:47 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:44 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:43 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  $1.2 million to rename schools that are falling apart? yes.

I haven't seen you get worked up over something so trivial since christian christian christian Muslim.

so now having a problem with HISD approving $1.2 million, of my tax money, to rename schools is getting worked up?

They were going to get new athletic/band uniforms eventually.

How much do you think they will spend on buying new marching band uniforms?

how much does it take to change a building name? you are kidding yourself at this point.

it's money well spent IMO considering they are losing confederate names.

Seems that money could be better used to maybe by teacher supplies or something. This is just PC nonsense wasting money.

The problem with the public schools failing to educate the kids has nothing to do with the school name. If they addressed those problems with the same voracity as stupid things like transgendered bathrooms and dressing rooms, Michelle Obamas crappy lunch specials, and school names, the kids would be better off.

But then again, with the public school system, it was never really about the kids.

(08-12-2016 11:08 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 11:06 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:59 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:47 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:44 AM)john01992 Wrote:  I haven't seen you get worked up over something so trivial since christian christian christian Muslim.

so now having a problem with HISD approving $1.2 million, of my tax money, to rename schools is getting worked up?

They were going to get new athletic/band uniforms eventually.

How much do you think they will spend on buying new marching band uniforms?

how much does it take to change a building name? you are kidding yourself at this point.

it's money well spent IMO considering they are losing confederate names.

about $1.2 million...

(08-12-2016 11:12 AM)UofMstateU Wrote:  The problem with the public schools failing to educate the kids has nothing to do with the school name. If they addressed those problems with the same voracity as stupid things like transgendered bathrooms and dressing rooms, Michelle Obamas crappy lunch specials, and school names, the kids would be better off.

But then again, with the public school system, it was never really about the kids.

oh dont get me started on that, there is a report that came out that her program is actually making students fat

(08-12-2016 11:12 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 11:08 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 11:06 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:59 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:47 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  so now having a problem with HISD approving $1.2 million, of my tax money, to rename schools is getting worked up?

They were going to get new athletic/band uniforms eventually.

How much do you think they will spend on buying new marching band uniforms?

how much does it take to change a building name? you are kidding yourself at this point.

it's money well spent IMO considering they are losing confederate names.

about $1.2 million...

I love how you intentionally promote your own stupidity and do so with pride. a few posts ago you were openly acknowledging that a portion of $1.2 mill is going to athletics. yet now you claim none of it is going to athletics.

Well, you need something to distract from the crumbling mess that is HISD.

(08-12-2016 11:22 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 11:12 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 11:08 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 11:06 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 10:59 AM)john01992 Wrote:  They were going to get new athletic/band uniforms eventually.

How much do you think they will spend on buying new marching band uniforms?

how much does it take to change a building name? you are kidding yourself at this point.

it's money well spent IMO considering they are losing confederate names.

about $1.2 million...

I love how you intentionally promote your own stupidity and do so with pride. a few posts ago you were openly acknowledging that a portion of $1.2 mill is going to athletics. yet now you claim none of it is going to athletics.

did I say exactly that the whole $1.2m was going to go to renaming the schoosl? I said ABOUT $1.2m, because it would only cost about $80k to get band uniforms to the 4 high schools with an enrollment of about 200 band members. But keep going, keep reading whats not there.

Good, they lost. Good riddance.

Look, having a school named after an oppressor (for you Confederates - perceived oppressor if you'd like) can be very damaging to a school's mission. By the way, HISD is probably the BEST large urban school system in the country. Compared to its other urban peers and to those that have a 76 poverty rate of its students, it actually matches up well.

No white guilt here. Just a frank understanding that rebellion for the purpose of retaining/protecting slavery isn't something that should be venerated and is something that could harm the educational misson of HISD. Support for the Confederacy and veneration of its leaders was considered socially acceptable at one point. It really isn't now. Confederates were people of their age, with views of their age. Times change. And in this case, for the better. Besides, keeping those names up there probably cause more animosity towards those who wish to retain some historical context of the Civil War than they would have otherwise.

At some point, those names were going to be changed. So the money was going to spent eventually. 1.5 million out of a 1.8 billion dollar budget? For something that will be appreciated by thousands of the school students and opposed by virtually none of the stakeholders in HISD? No issue.

And I think some of y'all know that I'm a relative of at least one prominent target of the renaming controversy too. No issue with hauling the statues down and renaming the buildings. I'd love for them to put up something that all Southerners can be uplifted by in their stead. We have much to be proud of...why insist on divisive symbolism?

(08-12-2016 11:26 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 11:22 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 11:12 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 11:08 AM)john01992 Wrote:  

(08-12-2016 11:06 AM)UTSAMarineVet09 Wrote:  How much do you think they will spend on buying new marching band uniforms?

how much does it take to change a building name? you are kidding yourself at this point.

it's money well spent IMO considering they are losing confederate names.

about $1.2 million...

I love how you intentionally promote your own stupidity and do so with pride. a few posts ago you were openly acknowledging that a portion of $1.2 mill is going to athletics. yet now you claim none of it is going to athletics.

did I say exactly that the whole $1.2m was going to go to renaming the schoosl? I said ABOUT $1.2m, because it would only cost about $80k to get band uniforms to the 4 high schools with an enrollment of about 200 band members. But keep going, keep reading whats not there.

do you have a source on that 80K. I mean that's how much this SD is spending on the new uni's?

if you already knew this...why ask?

Did the namesakes own slaves?

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