On December 8, 2020, the Falls Church School Board unanimously voted to change the names of Thomas Jefferson Elementary School and George Mason High School. The vote polarized the Falls Church community,...

On December 8, the School Board voted unanimously to change the names of Thomas Jefferson Elementary and George Mason High School.  This vote was a major step in a months-long process beginning in...

George Mason and Thomas Jefferson were slave owners. They bought, sold, and traded humans as property. Their participation in America’s racist history should not be honored in any way in our schools....