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 A lot of people get all up in arms (their own arms, one supposes) over the dreaded scourge they call "cancel culture."

If you subscribe to a newsletter or podcast or whatever, and after a while you find you don't like the content and have no interest in following any longer, you have every right to cancel your subscription. For instance, I was sure I would enjoy hearing the "Ted Cruz reads Rudyard Kipling" Podcast, but after hearing a few of his mealy recitations, I decided I didn't give an "If."

When things are wrong, it's never too late to correct them. Take the Anne Arundel County School Board. They had some joker named George Fox as their superintendent of schools from 1916 - 1946, and only recently someone pointed out that during his superintendence, he openly opposed equal pay for Black teachers and had plenty of demeaning things to say about minorities as he danced about to the tune called by Jim Crow.

That is not the sort of legacy we would want the community to hold in pride.

But oh buddy!  Someone somewhere along the line thought it would be a great idea to name a middle school after him! George Fox Middle School is in Pasadena, and right on their website, they state their motto is, "We are focused on honoring our past, investing in the present, and being focused on the future."

If you want to honor your past, it's better to have a honorable past. So the school board has now decided to give GFMS a new name.

With a unanimous vote, board members disavowed the school's namesake.

“To have students sit in a building named for a man who championed Jim Crow and segregationist policies and structures does not align with the AACPS core value of All Means All,” said Jamie Hurman-Cougnet, a committee member and vice president of the George Fox Middle School PTSA.

It wasn't until last summer's national racial reckoning that school officials down there decided to look into the school's name heritage. A committee looked into the pros and cons of renaming the school, although it's very tough to see what the cons might have been. They recommended the change and the board agreed.

On they go with the renaming process. The school principal will meet with parents and have suggestion s submitted in writing, then share the suggestions with the board, which will make the final decision.

They cannot name the school after someone currently alive (leaves me out) or someone who died within the past three years. It would be good to make sure that, if they name the place after a person, that said person was not a racist.

For now, they can call it The Middle School Formerly Named For An Awful Man.