Missouri elementary school wants to cut ties to Robert E. Lee

COLUMBIA, Mo. • A Missouri elementary school is considering cutting all references to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from its name ...

Last week, a board .. made up of parents, teachers and administrators voted to formally request that the Columbia Board of Education start the process of renaming the school.

District spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark says the last physical reference to the Confederate general is a stone above the doors to the school that bears his name ...

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