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Area's New Schools Will Bear Local Heroes' Names. Now for that Pesky Little Financing Detail.
The AISD School Board voted unanimously Monday to name five new schools after Austin heroes. The schools will bear the names of Lance Cpl. Nicholas Valdez Perez, the first U.S. soldier form Austin to be killed in Iraq; frmr Austin Mayor Gus Garcia, the first Hispanic to serve on the school board; activist Volma Overton, who helped to desegregate Austin schools in 1971; longtime volunteer John Blazier and former school board member Nan Clayton.
The names were selected from a list of 160 nominations that included athletes, musicians and notable community members. He's not from Austin originally, but how cool would it be to go to Willie Nelson High? Oh, well.
Meanwhile, the district is still figuring out how to repurpose existing campuses to ease overcrowding in schools, while the state legislature's collective head remains up its ass, not trying unable to figure out a way to finance schools and pay teachers salaries they deserve.
*Image (c) Austinist Contributor Matt Wright*
