Rename Robert E Lee High to reflect modern values
Alumni Amanda Tallent urges Baytown to rename Robert E Lee High School, arguing the Confederate namesake misleads students and that history belongs in classrooms not in school names. She cites nationwide renamings, legal clarifications, and calls for preserving heritage while choosing a future-focused identity for the Ganders.
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Name change overdue for Robert E. Lee High School
A Baytown resident argues for renaming Robert E. Lee High School to reflect the town’s diverse population. The letter recalls decades of segregation from De Zavala Elementary through REL, noting integration only during senior year 1966-67 and recounting cemetery segregation history at Hill of Rest.
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Harris County orders school closures to Sept 8 over COVID surge
Harris County public and non religious private schools are closed until at least Sept 8 due to rising COVID 19 cases and hospitalizations. Citizens are urged to stay home and use masks, physical distancing, and hand washing. Testing is free at six drive through sites and two stationary centers with online sign up and a 5 to 7 day result window.
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Baytown Sun top stories week of July 20 27
Baytownsun.com lists the week’s most read items headed by the Baytown Police chief terminating an embattled officer and a suspect arrested in a Chambers County slaying. Other notable items include robbery suspects sought and a dress code review at Barbers Hill.
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Today in History Highlights from 1932 1943 1984 2017
On this date events include 1932 federal troops dispersing the Bonus Army in Washington to end veteran payments before 1945. In 1943 Franklin D Roosevelt ended coffee rationing. In 1984 the Los Angeles Summer Olympics opened. In 2017 the Senate rejected a last effort to dismantle Obama care by 51 49 vote.
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Bluebonnet Poem by John Peter Sjolander Recalls Texas Pride
Texas poet John Peter Sjolander wrote The Bluebonnet of Texas after the Legislature designated the state flower in 1901. The ode praises the bluebonnet’s beauty across Texas and its emblematic role in Lone Star pride, with a later note on his Rain Frog through school readers.
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