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Trustees, however, learned the street is actually a county road and thus not theirs to rename. Now they are considering placing a plaque or sign honoring Hood, a Lakota West graduates, along that stretch of road.
“These are obviously emotional issues and once you open the door, other people are going to say, ‘well you did it for them’,” West Chester Trustee Mark Welch said. “We have to be very careful about setting precedent and we also have to be very consistent in the application of everything we do.”
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