Concord Town Meeting members overwhelmingly voted in favor of renaming the middle school after a Black woman and Civil War era abolitionist Ellen Garrison. Hundreds of Town Meeting members in the ...

Concord residents want to name new middle school after Black abolitionist Ellen Garrison. The School Committee disagrees. By Deanna Pan Globe Staff,Updated May 16, 2024, 1:17 p.m. 158 ...

The effort to name a new middle school after Ellen Garrison, an acclaimed Black educator, has roiled the town. By Marcela García Globe Columnist,Updated May 16, 2024, 10:50 a.m.

Residents of Concord, a place rich with buildings named for famous people across history, are pushing town officials to rename the middle school for a local educator and abolitionist, Ellen Garrison.