Four South Carolina Schools to Have Confederate General’s Name Removed

Lee County Schools is renaming four schools whose names honor Confederate General Robert E. Lee.

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The districts said the schools were all opened in the 1950s “during a period of intense resistance to desegregation in many southern states.”

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“We cannot change the county’s name, but we do feel a need to change the names of our schools to reflect the population that we serve,” said Sanya Moses, the Chair of the Lee County Board of Trustees in a statement. “We have a school district population of 98%. As a board, we believe that it is time to rename the four schools to make them more inclusive of the population.”

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“I have spoken with some students from Lee Central High who feel that the school that they attend should not be named in honor of a confederate general,” said Keel Addison, a member of the committee, in a statement released by the district.

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