The Dixie school board voted Tuesday night to change the name of its 150-year-old district after criticsTrustees voted 3-1, with one abstention, to change both the name of the Bay Area district and the name of its elementary school by Aug. 22, when classes resume.However, the board didn’t choose a new name. A committee made up of parents, other community members and district staff will be set up to solicit and evaluate suggestions from the public.
The cost of the name change, such as replacing signs, was estimated at nearly $40,000, but the Marin Community Foundation pledged to cover it. Those who support changing the name say the district was named Dixie by James Miller, the school founder, on a dare by Confederate sympathizers. Those who oppose the change say the school system was named for Mary Dixie, a Miwok Indian woman that Miller knew in the 1840s.
An opponent of the name change, Mette Nygard, said the “ugly insinuations” tarnished Miller’s reputation.
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If that bus gets in an accident, that means that the Dixie wrecked. 😉
THE DEMONCRATS CREATED THE KKK.....PUT ON WHITE ROBES.....AND MURDERED ALL THOSE INNOCENT BLACK PEOPLE....THEY EVEN HUNG THEM ON CROSSES.....AND SET THEM ON FIRE....IN FRONT OF THEIR FAMILIES! LET'S NOT FORGET THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT THEY SUPPORTED AND THE NEGRO PROJECT!
Political correctness strikes again!
California was a Union state. Why would we want a school district named after a treasonous anti-American society?
You can change a name or destroy statues but you will NEVER ERASE OUR HISTORY! You should learn from it. GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Civil War? There was no Civil War. There will shortly be no evidence of a Civil War except in the Ministry of Truth Memory Hole. Move along.
Liberals rewriting history because it hurts their feelings instead of welcoming it as a teachable moment and learning from the past. Sad.
🙄🙄🙄 lol
are dixie cups racist?
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