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  • [San Antonio, Texas] Harlandale board considers renaming 'Stonewall' school [César Chávez]

    12/14/2005 11:59:21 AM PST · by SwinneySwitch · 40 replies · 1,089+ views
    San Antonio Express-News ^ | 12/14/2005 | Michelle M. Martinez
    The debate comes down to this: Was Stonewall-Flanders Elementary School named for the legendary Confederate general Stonewall Jackson or for stone fences that adorned front yards in the neighborhood? Harlandale Independent School District trustees will consider the question as they decide whether to grant a former district administrator's request to rename the school after César Chávez, the late social activist. "We don't have any historical evidence that it was, indeed, named for Stonewall Jackson," district spokesman David Ochoa said Monday, when the Board of Trustees heard the proposal. Nick Calzoncit thinks otherwise, though he can provide no concrete evidence to...