The NEISD school board has twice voted on whether to rename the school to address concerns about the safety and focus of students in the context of national debate around memorializing the Confederacy . The board considered whether to rename the school in 2015 , after the Charleston church shooting occurred . Lee student Kayla Wilson created an online petition asking for a rename , and students asked the board of trustees of NEISD to consider renaming Lee . Mayor of San Antonio Julián Castro also supported renaming < ! -- Note that the city of San Antonio does In August 2017 , after the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville , Virginia , a San Antonio resident created an online petition to have the school renamed . Another individual created a petition asking for the name to be kept . That month the board voted in favor of retiring the Robert E. Lee name ; it did not immediately determine what the new name of the school would be
Charleston church shooting
Charleston church shooting
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