Kenosha – After the Kenosha Unified School Board voted to name the new Bradford High School stadium for the late Rev. Olen Arrington Jr., board president Tamarra Coleman informed members she was requesting the action be rescinded.
She said she will recommend a motion at the next board meeting.
Coleman last week sided with the majority in the 3-2 vote.
The vote ignited protests from committee members and the public, leading to an online petition to name the stadium for Bradford.
Kenosha’s City Council fanned the flames by passing a resolution 15-1 Monday urging the board to reverse its decision.
Meanwhile, charges of racial motivation raised the temperature as the controversy mounted.
Coleman emailed board members Tuesday, saying should would recommend naming the stadium Mary D. Bradford Stadium.
In addition, she is recommending that the board revise two policies several board and committee members cited as inconsistent and partly to blame for problems surrounding the naming. One deals with naming or renaming district buildings. The other is for “naming an area within or on a district site.”
