LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Clark County School Board has voted to rename a central Las Vegas elementary school after the district's first Black female principal.
The board voted 5-1 Thursday to rescind the name of Kit Carson Elementary School, expressing concerns over Carson's role in the death of hundreds of Native Americans during the colonization of the West.
The board said this week that the school will be named after 94-year-old Helen Anderson Toland, who was principal of the elementary school in the 1960s when it was still segregated.
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Chris Garvey voted against the change because of financial concerns after the district estimated the name change would cost $29,000 to $40,500.
