It boggles my mind that so many seemingly smart people dont understand why this name change is a good thing. No, it doesnt solve educational issues, per say (thats a straw man argument, anyway), and while Im sure the cost of the name change is a legit concern, a good percentage of that would be eaten up by normal reordering processes anyway.
No, we don't need to wipe Forrest from the annals of history, but there was never a good reason for a school in Jax to bare his name to begin with. Forrest, like it or not, is a controversial historic figure. Not just through a modern lens, but at that time as well. Remember, he had to testify before congress about his KKK activities during his life, and fort pillow happened, no matter what the apologists say about it.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/11/remember-fort-pillow/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 Forrest was controversial then, and he is certainly controversial now.
No matter how you slice it, Jax is a slightly better city because it has one less silly, needless, divisive issue to squabble over.
