Youngstown board member seeks to name school after Dr. King

YOUNGSTOWN — A city school board member who last month supported a proposal to rename the new North Elementary School after famed educator William Holmes McGuffey has changed his mind.

Lock P. Beachum Sr. said he now favors naming the structure the Martin Luther King Elementary School, in honor of the slain civil rights leader.

Beachum said he intends to introduce a resolution at Tuesday’s school board meeting calling for the name change.

It may not get any immediate action but could be referred to a board committee for review, he said.

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