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From Charlottesville City schools:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, July 8, 2024\u2014New names for three Charlottesville City schools will go into effect starting with the 2024-25 school year.<\/p>\n

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Venable Elementary School will be renamed Trailblazer Elementary School; Clark Elementary School will be renamed Summit Elementary School, and the Charlottesville Albemarle Technical Education Center will be renamed the Charlottesville Area Technical Education Center (and will still be known by the acronym CATEC).<\/p>\n

In January 2023, the School Board voted to change the name of Clark Elementary School to Summit Elementary School, and Venable Elementary School to Trailblazer Elementary School. These decisions capped a review process that began in the summer of 2020. When Charlottesville City Schools voted to acquire CATEC, the Board approved a slight name change to reflect the school\u2019s mission to provide technical education in the area.<\/p>\n

The name Summit Elementary refers to the school\u2019s mountain views; it is also meant to encourage students to both reach new heights and consider themselves \u201ca gathering of leaders,\u201d touching on three meanings of the word summit. The name Clark was for Gen. George Rogers Clark, a Revolutionary War leader who also enslaved people and led in violence against Native Americans.<\/p>\n

The name Trailblazer Elementary honors the Charlottesville 12, the students who first desegregated Venable Elementary and Lane High School, as well as their parents and other early desegregation trailblazers in Charlottesville Schools. The name is also an invitation to current students to continue blazing new trails today. The name Venable was for Col. Charles S. Venable, a member of the Confederate Army and math professor at the University of Virginia who perpetuated damaging myths about slavery throughout his life.<\/p>\n

The Summit Elementary mascot will remain the \u201cbees,\u201d with the same colors of black and yellow. The Trailblazer Elementary mascot will change from \u201call-stars\u201d to \u201ctrailblazers,\u201d with new colors of black and yellow.<\/p>\n

Events to celebrate these new names will be planned for each school:<\/p>\n