Fla. school no longer named for KKK founder
![Fla. school no longer named for KKK founder: Nathan B. Forrest High School in Jacksonville, Fla.: The exterior of the Nathan B. Forrest High School in Jacksonville, Fla., which is being renamed Westside High.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/92/18de72e4ab914927a2f825793457e/_h353_w628_m6_otrue_lfalse.jpg"})
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By Associated Press
Nathan B. Forrest High in Jacksonville, named for a former Confederate general and the co-founder of the Ku Klux Klan, is now Westside High.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Florida high school named after a former Confederate general and the co-founder of the Ku Klux Klan has a new name.
The Duval County School Board voted Tuesday to change Nathan B. Forrest High in Jacksonville to Westside High.
The school has been known as Nathan B. Forrest since 1959. It now carries the name of the neighborhood where it's located.
The Florida Times-Union reported that the vote was unanimous and drew no discussion from board members. The vote ended a decades-long controversy over the school's name.
A school advisory had asked the board to change the name in 2007, but then-board members voted 5-2 against the change.
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