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Board votes to hold off on naming new elementary school until December
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The Newton County Board of Education voted unanimously on Tuesday to table the naming of the new elementary school until December, after several Oxford residents ask they leave the name Palmer-Stone Elementary at the Oxford school, which is scheduled to be phased-out. Oxford City Councilman Hoyt Oliver spoke to the board, as did several other Oxford residents, all urging the board not to vote hastily and to consider the history of the current Palmer-Stone before allowing another school to take that name. The new school will be located on Airport Road.