Graduated May 1961. School name should remain Walker High School.
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John Murray
9 years ago
Leave Walker High School as Walker High School
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Desie L Curtis
9 years ago
I stand in agreement with those who want to retain the name as WALKER HIGH SCHOOL. Class of 1987
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Amelia Barton Trowbridge
10 years ago
The name should remain Walker!
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Thomas Richard Conn
10 years ago
The school is named after the man that the county was named after. It has been that way for a long time. I do not believe (nor like the idea) of changing my high schools name leaving the Walker off. It was Ok to remove the County off of it, but the name WALKER should be left alone. thanks
Rick Conn Class of '63
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Arthur Fite
10 years ago
Leave name alone
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Roger Argent
10 years ago
We have to keep Walker High School as it is, we need to boycott the jasper shopping and refuse to vote for anyone who has any job with the city now ie Sonny Posey. Ann Jackson is a spineless jerk who refuses to discuss the matter she should be kicked out of the city before she decides to change the name of Jasper to Jackson to coincide with her ego trip.
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Donann Tubbs Holt
10 years ago
Leave Walker High School alone---Donann Tubbs Holt
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Mellie Torre
10 years ago
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As a member of the last class to have attended school in the "Old Building", I do NOT agree with changing Walker High Schools name! Leave it AS IS so when we talk about our high school, our kids will STILL know it as good ole "Walker High"!
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TaRae Shere Nix
10 years ago
Leave the name as is!!!
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Margaret Gowan
10 years ago
Allow a vote before the name change and see if that is what the majority of the people want, Is Jasper a Democracy or a Dictatorship?
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Terrell Stewart
10 years ago
Leave The School name ALONe! Walker High School is the name and It needs to stay Walker High School!
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Jeanne Moreland
10 years ago
Please do not change the name... KEEP it Walker Vikings. Thank You.
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Jeanne Moreland
10 years ago
Praying they reconsider and KEEP the name of Walker Vikings...
As a WHS 1991 graduate, I am saddened to hear this news. Changing to Jasper from Walker is exclusionary from all other parts of the county. Is that really the message the Board wants to send to the full populace of Walker County? In addition, it quashes the continuing legacy of decades of Walker High School graduates and part of the future camaraderie with that cohort that would otherwise be enjoyed by future graduates of WHS. I fear this decision may have been made in haste or at least not under the transparency of public awareness with a sufficient public lead, disclosure, and comment time, based on the volume of objections seen here. Just because the vote may have happened at a public meeting is not a guarantee that sufficient effort was made to guage and garner public opinion. I hope that a Board member or other authority in local government will start the process or make a motion to reconsider this name change, with ample public comment period. If the name change stands thereafter, so be it, but the reactions to this are certainly noteworthy.
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Chris Alexander
10 years ago
I graduated in 86 and 30 years later my son graduated from Walker so let his kids graduate from WALKER home of the Vikings ! Black and Gold for life
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Lisa Parnell Christiansen
10 years ago
One hundred years of history should not be disregarded because one study suggests a name valued and honored by a significant majority has negative connotations.
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Donny Grace
10 years ago
As a descendant of the Grace family who came to Walker County in the 1850’s and who are listed in the History of Walker County book among the early settlers of the area who built the community (at a time, may I point out, when “JASPER” did not exist), I feel there is history and heritage that is of value, history that should be retained, and history that *should* be of importance to the community. Walker High School as well as the School System’s Facebook pages state as their motto or slogan "Future Focused - Tradition Rich". It is in keeping with tradition and retaining history that “Walker” should stay in the name. With 100 years of rich history whose alumni includes such noteworthy people as George Lindsey, former Miss Alabama Leigh Sherer, numerous professional football players, and 1931 graduate, AJ McDanal (and my former 6th Grade teacher “Mr. Mac”) who played football at Walker and was a member of the state championship team that won 11 games and went on to receive a scholarship to the University of Alabama, where he was a roommate of Paul W. "Bear" Bryant for two years and was a member of the 1934 national championship team – all of these folks who went to a school named “WALKER”. Why would the community not want to retain that legacy?
Graduated May 1961. School name should remain Walker High School.
Leave Walker High School as Walker High School
I stand in agreement with those who want to retain the name as WALKER HIGH SCHOOL. Class of 1987
The name should remain Walker!
The school is named after the man that the county was named after. It has been that way for a long time. I do not believe (nor like the idea) of changing my high schools name leaving the Walker off. It was Ok to remove the County off of it, but the name WALKER should be left alone. thanks Rick Conn Class of '63
Leave name alone
We have to keep Walker High School as it is, we need to boycott the jasper shopping and refuse to vote for anyone who has any job with the city now ie Sonny Posey. Ann Jackson is a spineless jerk who refuses to discuss the matter she should be kicked out of the city before she decides to change the name of Jasper to Jackson to coincide with her ego trip.
Leave Walker High School alone---Donann Tubbs Holt
As a member of the last class to have attended school in the "Old Building", I do NOT agree with changing Walker High Schools name! Leave it AS IS so when we talk about our high school, our kids will STILL know it as good ole "Walker High"!
Leave the name as is!!!
Allow a vote before the name change and see if that is what the majority of the people want, Is Jasper a Democracy or a Dictatorship?
Leave The School name ALONe! Walker High School is the name and It needs to stay Walker High School!
Please do not change the name... KEEP it Walker Vikings. Thank You.
Praying they reconsider and KEEP the name of Walker Vikings...
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As a WHS 1991 graduate, I am saddened to hear this news. Changing to Jasper from Walker is exclusionary from all other parts of the county. Is that really the message the Board wants to send to the full populace of Walker County? In addition, it quashes the continuing legacy of decades of Walker High School graduates and part of the future camaraderie with that cohort that would otherwise be enjoyed by future graduates of WHS. I fear this decision may have been made in haste or at least not under the transparency of public awareness with a sufficient public lead, disclosure, and comment time, based on the volume of objections seen here. Just because the vote may have happened at a public meeting is not a guarantee that sufficient effort was made to guage and garner public opinion. I hope that a Board member or other authority in local government will start the process or make a motion to reconsider this name change, with ample public comment period. If the name change stands thereafter, so be it, but the reactions to this are certainly noteworthy.
I graduated in 86 and 30 years later my son graduated from Walker so let his kids graduate from WALKER home of the Vikings ! Black and Gold for life
One hundred years of history should not be disregarded because one study suggests a name valued and honored by a significant majority has negative connotations.
As a descendant of the Grace family who came to Walker County in the 1850’s and who are listed in the History of Walker County book among the early settlers of the area who built the community (at a time, may I point out, when “JASPER” did not exist), I feel there is history and heritage that is of value, history that should be retained, and history that *should* be of importance to the community. Walker High School as well as the School System’s Facebook pages state as their motto or slogan "Future Focused - Tradition Rich". It is in keeping with tradition and retaining history that “Walker” should stay in the name. With 100 years of rich history whose alumni includes such noteworthy people as George Lindsey, former Miss Alabama Leigh Sherer, numerous professional football players, and 1931 graduate, AJ McDanal (and my former 6th Grade teacher “Mr. Mac”) who played football at Walker and was a member of the state championship team that won 11 games and went on to receive a scholarship to the University of Alabama, where he was a roommate of Paul W. "Bear" Bryant for two years and was a member of the 1934 national championship team – all of these folks who went to a school named “WALKER”. Why would the community not want to retain that legacy?
Don't change the name