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Fairfax’s Lanier Middle School to be renamed after school board vote

The City of Fairfax School Board in Virginia voted to change the name of Lanier Middle School on Monday.

The 4-1 vote will pivot away from Sidney Lanier, who was not a general for the Confederacy, but served in the Confederate Army from 1861-1865, and later became known as the “poet of the Confederacy.”

The school board will collect new suggestions through Friday.

Ideas for new names .

See ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ Partner NBC Washington’s story below.

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William Vitka is a Digital Writer/Editor for ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½.com. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Before joining ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½, he worked for CBS ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½, Stuff Magazine, The New York Post and wrote a variety of books—about a dozen of them, with more to come.

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