Interesting Variety of Potential Names for Robert E. Lee Middle School

SAN ANGELO, TX – It is now officially a week before the San Angelo ISD School Board will decide on what to do with the name of Robert E. Lee Middle School. Before the big day the board released 40 possible names.

Throughout the long process of considering the name change the SAISD school board surveyed individuals to create the list of potential new names. 

Here is the 40 names being considered:

• A New Day Middle School
• Angelo Middle School
• Bluebonnet Middle School
• Central Junior High Middle School
• Charles Lee Middle School
• Chisholm Trail Middle School
• Concho Buffaloes Middle School
• Concho Middle School
• Concho Valley Middle School
• Cowboys Middle School
• Edwards Plateau Middle School
• Einstein Middle School
• Eva Camuñez Tucker Middle School
• Fort Concho Middle School
• Forward Thinking Middle School
• George Bush Middle School
• Harriet Tubman Middle School
• JFK Middle School
• Joseph Lee Middle School
• LEAD (Leading Excellence & Discovery) Middle School
• Lee Middle School
• Live Oak Middle School
• Mandela Middle School
• Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
• Mesquite Middle School
• Mohair Middle School
• Newton Middle School
• Obama Middle School
• River Middle School
• Robert Middle School
• Rosa Parks Middle School
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg Middle School
• SAISD (Success Aspiration Innovation Discovery) Middle School
• San Angelo Middle School
• San Angelo Technical Jr. Academy
• Sheep Middle School
• Sherwood Middle School
• Tom Green Middle School
• Twin Buttes Middle School
• Wrangler Middle School

Superintendent Dr. Carl Dethloff claims that the name change would only cost the school district a little over $76,000. In this year's budget the school board will have enough money to cover the cost without effecting taxpayers. 

The school board will meet on Oct. 19 at 5:45 p.m. to decide the fate of the name Robert E. Lee.