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Hampton School Board unanimously votes down changing school names

Posted at 9:36 PM, Jun 22, 2016
and last updated 2016-06-22 21:36:22-04

HAMPTON, Va. – The Hampton School Board voted Wednesday night to not rename Jefferson Davis Middle or the Campus at Lee, an alternative school.

The vote was a unanimous 7-0 tally.

A school system spokesperson says the decision was based on feedback from two public hearings, as well as emails and phone calls in which people expressed the school board shouldn’t focus on the renaming issue.

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