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characterized several of the proposals as having "offensive and inappropriate references." In October 2017 the NEISD board agreed to change the name of the school to Legacy of Educational Excellence (L.E.E.) High School on a 5 to 2 vote. The rename took place in fall 2018. Initially the "volunteer"
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is a school that although is not officially attached to the Lee Population, resides on the campus. ISA provides a largely global and social-science oriented education. Typically, ISA students will take an out-of-state trip according to their year to apply their
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The board wished to name the school after an idea instead of a person and asked for suggestions. It received 2,400 proposals, and the district rejected 1,900 of them due to not matching the district's parameters and/or due to obscenities. The
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remained as the school's mascot, but in April 2018 the district announced that the new mascot was a military service dog wearing a military service vest after students voted in favor of that mascot.
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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
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In 1991 the school retired the usage of uniforms for athletes and band members which had Confederate battle flags. The band used to perform a rendition of the song "
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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.
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showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate
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In addition to the new mascot and name, the statue of Robert E. Lee, along with most other named signs were taken down.
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The STEM Academy provides a rigorous education focused on one of the four STEM pathways:
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NESA (North East School of the Arts) is a fine arts school that offers seven majors;
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L.E.E. has its own general population that are not in one of the 3 magnet programs.
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Jakle, Jeanne (18 May 2004). "S.A.-born actors drawing notice on air, in print".
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Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Academy
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also supported renaming. The vote failed on a 5-2 basis.
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Established in 1958, and formerly named after general
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Legacy of Educational Excellence (L.E.E.) High School
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Robert E. Lee High School (San Antonio)
San Antonio
Texas
United States
Coordinates
29°30′25″N 98°30′57″W / 29.506951°N 98.515917°W / 29.506951; -98.515917
Public
High School
North East ISD
Urban
Red
Gray
UIL
Nickname
www.neisd.net/lee/
San Antonio
Texas
North East Independent School District
City of Castle Hills
Balcones Heights
Texas Education Agency
Robert E. Lee
International School of the Americas
Dixie
Confederacy
Charleston church shooting
Mayor of San Antonio
Julián Castro
Unite the Right rally
Charlottesville, Virginia

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