A Florida school board is renaming middle and high schools honoring Confederate leaders
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A school board in Florida has voted to rename six of its schools named after Confederate leaders after community members demanded the change.
After debating the issue for a year, the Duval County School Board in Jacksonville approved on Tuesday the district's recommendations to strip and replace the names. The schools to be renamed are Joseph Finegan Elementary School, Stonewall Jackson Elementary School, J.E.B. Stuart Middle School, Kirby-Smith Middle School, Jefferson Davis Middle School and Robert E. Lee High School.Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to slam the “repeated attacks” and “conspiracy” theories floated by Republicans about the Justice Department being weaponized against former President Donald Trump during his opening statements to Congress on Tuesday, according to prepared remarks shared with CNN.
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