2 SHOT
-- ERIC --
GOOD EVEING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT...
A JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WANTS
THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL CHANGED... 
-- CHARLOTTE --
CITING THE 4TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HISTORY
AS A SLAVE HOLDER.
--ANIMATION--
KEELY ARTHUR SHARES WHY THE SENIOR BELIEVES IT CONTRIBUTES
TO A HOSTILE SCHOOL CULTURE. 
TAKE DOUBLE BOX
SHES IN THE NEWS CENTER TONIGHT. KEELY?
NX CTR
-- KEELY --
MYA BERRY IS A  SUCCESSFUL STUDENT AT MEMORIAL...ON
HER WAY TO UNIVERISTY OF WISCONSIN MADISON THIS FALL.
SHE SAYS THAT PAST FOUR YEARS HAVE BEEN POSTIVE AND
ENRICHING... 
BUT BELIEVES THE SCHOOL'S NAME IS NOT FAIR TO HER
AND OTHER BLACK STUDENTS... 
PKG
P-
1 SOT
6:13 I DONT WANT THIS SCHOOL NAME REPRESENTING WHO
I AM AND THE OTHER STUDENTS :15
1 VO/MINI-DISC
IT'S BEEN KNOWN AS JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL SINCE IT
WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1966...
AND SENIOR MYA BERRY SAYS THAT'S FAR TOO LONG...
2 SOT
5:27 "NOT A LOT FOF PEOPLE KNOW WHO JAMES MADISON
IS AND THERE'S ALREADY DISPARITY, THERE'S ALREADY
AN EDUCATION GAP BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK STUDENTS
SO WHY ADD ON TO THAT WITH HAVING A SCHOOLA SCHOOL
NAMED AFTER A SLAVE OWNER." 41
2 VO/MINI-DISC
INSPIRED BY AN ASSINGMENT IN HER SOCIAL JUSTICE 
3 SOT
4:30 "WE HAVE TO MAKE AN ACTION PLAN TO CHANGE SOMETHING
IN OUR COMMUNITY" :34
3 VO/MINI-DISC
BERRY CREATED A PETITION  ON CHANGE. ORG NOW NEARLY
700 SIGNITRUES LONG AND
WENT BEFORE THE MADISON METROPOLITAN
SCHOOL BOARD MONDAY... 
4 SOT
VIDEO "hello my name is Mya Berry" 
4 VO/MINI-DISC
ASKING FOR THE JAMES IN JAMES MADISON MEMORIAL TO
BE DROPPED... 
5 SOT
VIDEO "James Madison the fourth president of the united
states was the owner of over 100 black slave." 
6:58 IT BEING MADISON MEMORIAL IS BETTER THAN JAMES
MADISON MEMORIAL 7:01
4 VO/MINI-DISC
IN A STATEMENT MEMORIAL'S PRICIPAL WROTE... 
"I have met and and will continue to meet with Ms.
Berry and other student leaders, to discuss how we
can best move forward ."
"I want to truly hear their perspectives, and to determine
how I can best support them."
FOR MYA THAT MEANS A NAME CHANGE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
6 SOT
8:25 AND THERE'S ALSO A THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLES SCHOOL
RIGHT NEXT DOOR THAT WAS ALSO A SLAVE OWNER SO MAYBE
THAT ONE CAN BE THE NEXT ONE :31
-- KEELY --
NX CTR CAM
MADISON METROPOLITIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT ISSUED A SEPERATE
STATMENT TO US... SAYING IN PART... 
THEY'RE GRATEFUL THIER STUDENTS HAVE BROUGHT THEIR
CONCERN TO THEIR ATTENTION. 
IN ORDER FOR A NAME CHANGE TO HAPPEN...THE SCHOOL
BOARD WOULD NEEDD TO VOTE ON IT. 
TAKE DOUBLE BOX
2 SHOT
-- ERIC --
THANKS KEELY...
