Who was Nathan Bedford Forrest?

[I-10east]

^^^Is that you forte, pulling up stuff from the archives, on some grudging BS?

[Tacachale]

Scott Speicher High please.

I also would have preferred Scott Speicher High, but there's now a policy against naming things after people now (so we don't do something like name a school after a Tennessee slave trader for no reason.) But a boring name is better than one with a terrible name that gets brought up in the national press repeatedly.

[I-10east]

there's now a policy against naming things after people now (so we don't do something like name a school after a Tennessee slave trader for no reason.)

When was that done? I haven't heard of that (I'm not saying that I don't believe you).

[I-10east]

^^^I never said that I knew everything about this thread. Have you had your fulfillment of immaturely bringing up old crap, or are you gonna continue to page 38?

[Tacachale]

The policy was changed in 1997 and revised in 2008:

Action News requested the latest policy Duval County has in place for naming or renaming schools, which was implemented in 1997. It was revised in 2008. It states "the name of a school shall not be of a person living or dead." The policy also states that if a request has been made to rename a school, input from the community must be solicited.

http://www.fox30jax.com/content/topstories/story/Fight-over-renaming-Forrest-High-sparks-heated/f6P7Rpa0XE6I8ofkgcnuIQ.cspx

[I-10east]

^^^Thanks Taca.

[thelakelander]

It's behind a paywall but the students have voted to change Westside (Forrest) High's nickname to the Wolverines. Rebels are no more.....

http://members.jacksonville.com/news/metro/2014-01-22/story/westside-forrest-high-changes-its-nickname-wolverines

[sheclown]

Today's students celebrate new name, logo for Westside High in Jacksonville

Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2014-08-08/story/todays-students-celebrate-new-name-logo-westside-high#ixzz39thdnx6G

[carpnter]

Meh, Wolverines is so overused today.

[Ocklawaha]

It's behind a paywall but the students have voted to change Westside (Forrest) High's nickname to the Wolverines. Rebels are no more.....

Politically correct bull shit highly likely to make these students much smarter...

[Ocklawaha]

that would be a shame since the previous name actually did have that magical power.

BINGO STEPHEN! It had no power at all, and neither does the new name... thus this whole process is politically correct, meaningless bullshit. Wolverines IMO is a stupid name in any case, at least bison, crocodiles, saber tooth tigers,  were once native to Florida... Why not something original (and perhaps fitting in the current educational environment) 'The Amoeba's.'

[TheCat]

Sweet, we're rehashing.



I'm proud of this suggestion to rename Fletcher but no one seems to take it seriously.

It's a wonder but I don't think a single school is named after elijah muhammad. You would think school districts would see the inherent meaninglessness of the name. So what that he probably killed Malcolm X. Who cares that he didn't seem to be the greatest fan of of certain races of people? It's still American history...political correctness is destroying America.







I'm still trying to figure out if the Washington Redskins will be changing their name.

[thelakelander]

Hmm....so no one in 2014 died over this name change? Forrest is still the same guy that was born and died in Tennessee 137 years ago? Time to move on.

[sheclown]

Hmm....so no one in 2014 died over this name change? Forrest is still the same guy that was born and died in Tennessee 137 years ago? Time to move on.

yup

I, for one, am less embarrassed to call Jax home -- (I said "less" here).

[fsquid]

surely you cats have donated to the name change

She also has tried to get her classmates to donate to a fund to help Duval Schools offset the cost of the name change, which has been estimated at $242,000. So far, local donations are $2,857 cash and in-kind donations of school signs.