Who Is Leodis v Mcdaniel?

Leodis V. McDaniel was a greatly respected, well-loved, and highly celebrated Portland community leader who gained an impeccable reputation as an administrator at Madison High School in the 1970s and 1980s. ... His sudden death in 1987 left the Portland community reeling and his school heartbroken.

Who is McDaniel high school named after?

The committee gathered nearly 2500 community comments, made hundreds of phone calls and spent many hours considering an appropriate name, according to the school district. The change was made because the school originally was named for James Madison, the fourth U.S. president, who owned slaves. Leodis V.

Why did Madison High School change its name?

And that is one of the many reasons that the Madison High School community and its renaming committee found it so important to honor such a remarkable person in our name change. ... At the time, he was one of the only Black principals in Oregon and led our school through the difficult task of desegregation and bussing.

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