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Lancaster County Schools Named After Slave-Owners To Be Renamed In Honor Black-Female Teachers Lancaster County Schools Named After Slave-Owners To Be Renamed In Honor Black-Female Teachers
Lancaster County Schools Named After Slave-Owners To Be Renamed In Honor Black-Female Teachers Two schools in the School District of Lancaster will be renamed to honor Black-female community leaders. The school board voted on the new names at a board meeting on Thursday night.  Edward Hand Middle School, which was temporarily called Southeast Middle School since mid-2020, will be renamed- Hazel I. Jackson Middle School. Jackson was an English teacher at the formerly named-- Edward Hand Middle School from 1961 to 1970. She was the first female Black teacher in the school district and at Millersville University. The board also voted to rename Buchanan Elementary School-- Rita Sm…

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by Jillian Pikora