They name isnt hurting anyone leave it alone its a land mark for the west side!!! Its bs that its came this far over a damn name smfh.
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Jessie Baldwin
11 years ago
I see no just cause to alter the name. Stonewall Jackson himself was a highly acclaimed educator and his legacy of passion for education to All (yes, all. He was a Sunday school teacher for an all black Presbyterian church) should live on.
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Tommy Burns
11 years ago
My grandfather was part of the first graduating class at STONEWALL. Since then my mother, my father and I have been Generals. Leave things alone.
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Bonnie
11 years ago
What's with all the stupid people who want to change the name. It has nothing to do with you, you just want something to complain about. Leave it be. The people who went to school there are very proud of their school being named after one of our greatest hero's.
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Edward L.. Ash Class of 55'
11 years ago
This name has stood proudly on this school since 1939 (76 years) great school, great athletic teams, great students and teachers. Proud to be a graduate of the class of 1955.
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Rianna Kelley
11 years ago
Leave it alone!
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Brenda Moore Thaxton
11 years ago
Class of 1960
Keep our Stonewall Jackson !!!
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Veronica Johnson
11 years ago
As a Stonwall Alumni I think that the name should stay the same.
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jbgooch
11 years ago
This is absurd. Do you really want to resort to the Stalinist tactic of erasing history. I wonder if the School board realize that Stonewall Jackson taught slave children in his own school....which was against the law?
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Kimberly Bishop
11 years ago
After all these years someone is just now offended by the name of this school.This is just ridiculous and these cry babies need to grow up.
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Darren Wheeler
11 years ago
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was a very accomplished and esteemed man, both in his personal life and in his professional life. He was instrumental in organizing, in 1855, Sunday school classes for black children. His wife, Mary Anna Jackson, taught there with him.
His career as a professor at the Virginia Military Institute sheds light upon his military brilliance and his desire to teach others the knowledge and wisdom he had gained.
His actions in battles such as Chancellorsville, Virginia, are still studied, worldwide, in military colleges, today.
It is a great honor to have your school named after one of America's greatest heroes of history, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson.
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Mary F.Rose McDaniel
11 years ago
fix something that's isn't broken,
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Marie A. Mason
11 years ago
It's not the name it's the people who are at fault. That was my school Ravel loved when the Wall and High came together it was some great times we had.
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Vida A. Perrine
11 years ago
This is too ridiculous to even need a petition. I graduated from Sherman High, named after General George T. Sherman. I would certainly hate to see its name changed. There are too many other important issues without fueling someone's 10 minutes of fame.
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Sandra Wolfe
11 years ago
No. There are too many people out there trying to make too many changes that are not necessary.
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Rodney J Light II
11 years ago
Don't mess with history.
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Becky Bostic
11 years ago
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My mother graduated from the university on the hill as she called it!!!! ::-) :-) she died in 1993 but was proud to be in the class of 1943. That's when they graduated in Jan and May she graduated in Jan. Please just keep it Stonewall Jackson thanks
The name should remain Stonewall Jackson
This is totally bazaar.....come on people....!
They name isnt hurting anyone leave it alone its a land mark for the west side!!! Its bs that its came this far over a damn name smfh.
I see no just cause to alter the name. Stonewall Jackson himself was a highly acclaimed educator and his legacy of passion for education to All (yes, all. He was a Sunday school teacher for an all black Presbyterian church) should live on.
My grandfather was part of the first graduating class at STONEWALL. Since then my mother, my father and I have been Generals. Leave things alone.
What's with all the stupid people who want to change the name. It has nothing to do with you, you just want something to complain about. Leave it be. The people who went to school there are very proud of their school being named after one of our greatest hero's.
This name has stood proudly on this school since 1939 (76 years) great school, great athletic teams, great students and teachers. Proud to be a graduate of the class of 1955.
Leave it alone!
Class of 1960 Keep our Stonewall Jackson !!!
As a Stonwall Alumni I think that the name should stay the same.
This is absurd. Do you really want to resort to the Stalinist tactic of erasing history. I wonder if the School board realize that Stonewall Jackson taught slave children in his own school....which was against the law?
After all these years someone is just now offended by the name of this school.This is just ridiculous and these cry babies need to grow up.
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was a very accomplished and esteemed man, both in his personal life and in his professional life. He was instrumental in organizing, in 1855, Sunday school classes for black children. His wife, Mary Anna Jackson, taught there with him. His career as a professor at the Virginia Military Institute sheds light upon his military brilliance and his desire to teach others the knowledge and wisdom he had gained. His actions in battles such as Chancellorsville, Virginia, are still studied, worldwide, in military colleges, today. It is a great honor to have your school named after one of America's greatest heroes of history, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson.
fix something that's isn't broken,
It's not the name it's the people who are at fault. That was my school Ravel loved when the Wall and High came together it was some great times we had.
This is too ridiculous to even need a petition. I graduated from Sherman High, named after General George T. Sherman. I would certainly hate to see its name changed. There are too many other important issues without fueling someone's 10 minutes of fame.
No. There are too many people out there trying to make too many changes that are not necessary.
Don't mess with history.
My mother graduated from the university on the hill as she called it!!!! ::-) :-) she died in 1993 but was proud to be in the class of 1943. That's when they graduated in Jan and May she graduated in Jan. Please just keep it Stonewall Jackson thanks
AGAINST!