Open Enrollment, a Harebrained Idea, Is the Excuse

for the proposed name change to the Phoenix-Talent School District.

This article is behind a paywall, but a bit of the article:

PHS students said Monday they find the idea of renaming their campus insulting.

"I feel like our district is embarrassed to be in Phoenix," said Max Hamilton, a senior. "A lot of the reasons for changing the name just don't make sense."

Students made a banner Monday morning in support of keeping the school's name intact, and within a few hours more than a couple hundred students had signed it.

During a leadership course Monday afternoon, Hale asked students to try to understand the rationale of the district for considering a name change, and acknowledged the topic would be emotional.

"It takes a while to change a school's reputation," said Hale.