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Brian4Liberty
05-14-2019, 08:40 AM
Dixie School District opens renaming solicitation process (https://www.marinij.com/2019/05/13/dixie-set-to-host-naming-party/)


Dixie School District residents who want to make suggestions for a new district name will have several chances this month — in person, with drop-off boxes at schools or via email.

The new name ideas will go to a “naming advisory committee that will submit petitions with recommended names to the board (of trustees) by June 25,” Superintendent Jason Yamashiro said in an email to the north San Rafael community. “The Dixie district board of trustees is ultimately responsible for selecting a new name, and has committed to doing so by Aug. 22.”

After a nine-month controversy that garnered nationwide attention, district officials last month voted to remove the name Dixie because of its nod to slavery, racism and the Confederacy.
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