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Middle school drops Confederate soldier’s name to take NASA’s Katherine Johnson’s
FAIRFAX, Va. - Sydney Lanier’s name sat atop a Virginia middle school for 60 years, but not anymore.The City of Fairfax School Board held a renaming ceremony on Friday and celebrated Lanier Middle School’s new name: Katherine Johnson Middle School."The message to our middle school students is, ‘Eagles can soar beyond these earthly skies at Katherine Johnson Middle School," City school board member Toby Sorensen said in a November news release.RELATED: City of Fairfax School Board renames Lanier Middle School after 'Hidden Figures' Katherine JohnsonJohnson is best known for conducting NASA’s calculations for Project Mercury — which propelled astronaut John Glenn into orbit.