Following the Austin Independent School District board of trustee’s decision on Feb. 26 to officially began the process to rename five district schools, currently named after individuals who had ties to the Confederacy, Community Impact Newspaper asked users on Nextdoor how they felt about the board’s decision. Based on the Nextdoor poll, which garnered 1,734 votes from Austin-based users, 54 percent of respondents voted that they did not support the board’s actions, while 46 percent of respondents voted that they supported the action.
Schools that will have their names changed are Zachary Taylor Fulmore Middle School; Sidney Lanier Early College High School; John H. Reagan Early College High School; Eastside Memorial Early College High School at the Albert Sidney Johnston campus; and the now-defunct John T. Allan facility. The poll, which was open to voters for a 24-hour period, received over 130 comments on the name change topic. Here are some of the highlights:
