Barack Obama Elementary School (Richmond, Virginia)
Formerly Confederate-named elementary school
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Barack Obama Elementary School is an elementary school in Richmond, Virginia, named after the U.S. president Barack Obama.
Naming
The school was formerly named J. E. B Stuart Elementary after the Confederate Army general J. E. B. Stuart; its name was changed in 2018 to remove the historical reference to the Confederacy. The school board voted to rename the school in June 2018.[1][2]
The renaming of the school is expected to cost $26,000.[3] To help pay for these costs, Richmond Public Schools launched a t-shirt fundraiser and raised $40,894.[4]
