Status: Resolved

Established: 1939

Resolved: January 1st, 2017

Named For: Edmund Kirby Smith

EXCERPT FROM “Alachua County Public School administration building loses Confederate name”

- The Independent Florida Alligator - Aug 23, 2017

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“The building, which was formerly the General Kirby Smith Elementary School, has no registered name but still has signage from before the school closed in 1977. After the school closed and the building was converted to an administration building in 1981, the sign with Smith’s name remained.

“Out of force of habit, people kept using the name,” said Jackie Johnson, an ACPS spokesperson.

In the past few months, superintendent Karen Clark has considered changing the name, Johnson said. In the past two weeks, Clark asked the school board members if the name should change. The board unanimously agreed the name would go.

“It was an easy decision to make,” Johnson said.

The new marquee will say “District Office,” and old lettering on the side of the building will be taken down, Johnson said.”