AUSTIN — Austin ISD on Wednesday released a list of names that could be coming to existing schools in the district. This after the board voted in February to rename five of its schools with names that tie back to the Confederacy
Those schools include Reagan High School, Lanier High School, Fulmore Middle School
Eastside Memorial High School at the Johnston campus, and John T. Allan facility.
According to the schools' naming committees, here are their finalists:
Allan Renaming Committee:
1. Anita Ferrales Coy
2. abstain
3. abstain
Fulmore Renaming Committee:
1. Sarah Beth Lively
2. Moon Tower
3. South Congress (SoCo)
Lanier Renaming Committee:
1. North Central
2. Diana H. Castañeda
3. Lanier (no first name)
Reagan Renaming Committee:
1. Reagan (no first name)
2. Barack H. Obama
3. Northeast
Eastside members asked for an extension of time for renaming the school, a spokesperson for Austin ISD said.