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In a unanimous vote Thursday, the Henrico County School Board agreed to strip the name of the late Sen. Harry Flood Byrd Sr. from a middle school because of his opposition to desegregation.

No replacement name for Harry F. Byrd Middle School was offered at the meeting. Suggestions for a new name will be taken over the next 30 days as details are hammered out and presented to the School Board by its next meeting, on March 24.

Officials hope to have the name in place in time for the next academic year.

The vote came after a push from some residents and students, as well as two public meetings this month, on the school’s name. Over the summer, a campaign began to persuade the School Board to rename the school.

“It feels amazing, like all the work I put in just paid off and all the work the other parents have put into it, too,” said Jordan Chapman, a Hermitage High School student who created a petition for the name change.

Proponents of the change said a school with a 50 percent minority enrollment, 20 percent of which is black, should not be named for someone who railed against them receiving an education if that meant integrating schools.