If you want to get rid of a Racist name, then take the name of a well known KKK leader off all the things in West Virginia. Remove the name of Robert C. Byrd.
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Susan Anderson Borror (Ramkey)
11 years ago
I graduated from this school in 1965. I do not feel that anyone has the right to change the name of this school just because of some idiot's senseless killing of innocent people. Our school, nor those who attended, had anything to do with this and we are proud of our heritage and the school we attended. We were, and always will be, the Stonewall Jackson Generals!
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Patrick bays
11 years ago
The wall will never fall
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Alison Straughter-Ross
11 years ago
Kelley, I'm not understanding who you're referring to as "these people". And I choose to assume you meant protesting ALL crime.......
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Tammy Jo Siders
11 years ago
Please Stop Trying To Change History ...Thank You
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Linda Marion Gribbin
11 years ago
Leave the name alone, it is part of our history and we the SJHS people would like to keep it. Stop trying to change history!
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Tom Zimmerman
11 years ago
Went to Kanawha Elementary which was torn down. Went to Glenwood Elementary which is now gone. I then attended Woodrow Wilson junior high school which was torn down.
Stonewall Jackson is the only school I attended I have left let's just use some common sense and keep the name of the school as it is.
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Chris Hayes
11 years ago
Leave things alone. We cant change history
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Rick Martin
11 years ago
Stonewall Jacksone. from Clarksburg West Virginia our school was named for my great general that have the fight with the Confederate Army but we all graduated as a general so let's fight to Keep the schools Name.
STONEWALL JACKSON "GENERALS"
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Marcy Wisman
11 years ago
How long has this school sat on this hill with this name? People, enough already; we can't rewrite history. Leave it alone.
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Jessica Seabolt
11 years ago
Keep the name it's stupid to change it after all these years
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Johnny Sheppard
11 years ago
Ignorance is not an excuse to remove this name!!!
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Andrew P. Smith
11 years ago
Thomas J. Jackson was a native of what was to become West Virginia. He was educated at the United States Military Academy and became a hero in the Mexucan War. He became an educator at VMI. He was a great military leader and was respected for that worldwide. He taught slaves to read in Lexington, VA despite laws prohibiting this. He was a man of
great faith and character.
If this school would study this man and focus students on his character and not the flawed cause he chose, we would be ahead.
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Alison Straughter-Ross
11 years ago
EVERYONE knows the name Stonewall Jackson. It's not just a good name but a name full of great memories. As a high school graduate of SJ, I felt a sense of loss when it became a Middle School. To change the name would be like changing my entire school aged years, because all of my siblings, cousins, and friends attended Stonewall. I had dreams of meeting Mrs. Kathleen G. Corbett and becoming a VIP just like my sister, and that dream came true. I'm asking that you think before you act. And quite frankly, I don't see or understand the reason for a name change. What's the point?! What will it accomplish?!
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Iris whiting - stricker
11 years ago
Keep the name.
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Kelly Christian
11 years ago
leave it alone!
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Ronda Bowling
11 years ago
This is a school just as any other school with a name. This building and name has never harmed one person and also raised many.....
If you want to get rid of a Racist name, then take the name of a well known KKK leader off all the things in West Virginia. Remove the name of Robert C. Byrd.
I graduated from this school in 1965. I do not feel that anyone has the right to change the name of this school just because of some idiot's senseless killing of innocent people. Our school, nor those who attended, had anything to do with this and we are proud of our heritage and the school we attended. We were, and always will be, the Stonewall Jackson Generals!
The wall will never fall
Kelley, I'm not understanding who you're referring to as "these people". And I choose to assume you meant protesting ALL crime.......
Please Stop Trying To Change History ...Thank You
Leave the name alone, it is part of our history and we the SJHS people would like to keep it. Stop trying to change history!
Went to Kanawha Elementary which was torn down. Went to Glenwood Elementary which is now gone. I then attended Woodrow Wilson junior high school which was torn down. Stonewall Jackson is the only school I attended I have left let's just use some common sense and keep the name of the school as it is.
Leave things alone. We cant change history
Stonewall Jacksone. from Clarksburg West Virginia our school was named for my great general that have the fight with the Confederate Army but we all graduated as a general so let's fight to Keep the schools Name. STONEWALL JACKSON "GENERALS"
How long has this school sat on this hill with this name? People, enough already; we can't rewrite history. Leave it alone.
Keep the name it's stupid to change it after all these years
Ignorance is not an excuse to remove this name!!!
Thomas J. Jackson was a native of what was to become West Virginia. He was educated at the United States Military Academy and became a hero in the Mexucan War. He became an educator at VMI. He was a great military leader and was respected for that worldwide. He taught slaves to read in Lexington, VA despite laws prohibiting this. He was a man of great faith and character. If this school would study this man and focus students on his character and not the flawed cause he chose, we would be ahead.
EVERYONE knows the name Stonewall Jackson. It's not just a good name but a name full of great memories. As a high school graduate of SJ, I felt a sense of loss when it became a Middle School. To change the name would be like changing my entire school aged years, because all of my siblings, cousins, and friends attended Stonewall. I had dreams of meeting Mrs. Kathleen G. Corbett and becoming a VIP just like my sister, and that dream came true. I'm asking that you think before you act. And quite frankly, I don't see or understand the reason for a name change. What's the point?! What will it accomplish?!
Keep the name.
leave it alone!
This is a school just as any other school with a name. This building and name has never harmed one person and also raised many.....
Leave the name as it is
Saint Albans, WV
Keep our history alive.