In March, an Austin school district decided to rename one of its elementary schools, and allowed the public to recommend names and vote for their favorite.
The school is currently named named Robert E. Lee Elementary, and if the school board listens to the voters, it’ll be renamed Donald J. Trump Elementary.
Nominations for school name change at Robert E. Lee Elementary in Austin, TX pic.twitter.com/P2aePxTI8s
— Joel Franco (@OfficialJoelF) April 24, 2016
Here is the list of the most nominated names, KXAN reports:
- Donald J. Trump Elementary: 45 nominations
- Robert E. Lee Elementary: 34 nominations
- Russell Lee Elementary: 32 nominations
- Harper Lee Elementary: 30 nominations
- Elisabet Ney Elementary: 15 nominations
- Lee Elementary: 13 nominations
- Adolf Hitler School for Friendship and Tolerance: 8 nominations
- Waller Creek Elementary: 8 nominations
- Dr. Frances J. Nesmith Elementary School: 7 nominations
- Guy Bizzell Elementary: 6 nominations
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Among the less popular nominations were “Adam Lanza’s School of Fun,” “Schooly McSchoolerson,” and “Boaty McBoatface Elementary School,” the name that the British public had chosen for a new Arctic research vessel, before the government decided to renege on their promise to name the boat what the public had voted.
The school district had decided to rename the school after the shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, in consideration of the Confederate history invoked in the school’s name.
However, the nominations are just nominations, and the school board will reserve the rights to decide what the new name actually is.
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