Students oppose Julian Castro's call for name change, want to graduate from Robert E. Lee High School

Brett T. | 4:13 PM on June 25, 2015

United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro, who previously served three terms as mayor of San Antonio, Texas, hasn’t wasted any time jumping on the “ban everything Confederate” bandwagon, calling for an immediate name change for San Antonio’s Robert E. Lee High School. “There are other, more appropriate individuals to honor and spotlight as role models for our young people,” Castro wrote on his Facebook page.

Bandwagon pulling out get on quick Julian Castro calls on Robert E. Lee High School to change name http://t.co/tVC2nax8q3

— L. Anthony Andrew (@L_Anthony_SA) June 25, 2015

Castro’s not receiving a lot of support for his plan on Twitter, though. Turns out some students and alumni are proud of their school.

I started at Robert E. Lee high school and I'd like to end at ROBERT E. LEE HIGH SCHOOL

— scuba steve (@aanaalisaa) June 25, 2015

I'm for real mad that people are trying to change Robert E. Lee High School's name

— Jessica Jaquez (@jessbeglam) June 25, 2015

https://twitter.com/yewkalaylee/status/614065040996446208

https://twitter.com/PatrickRendon/status/613784385326723072

https://twitter.com/robotterror/status/613898864894959616

The Confederate flag was prominent at my High School, Robert E Lee, San Antonio, TX. Never saw it used hatefully, still proud of it. #RELEE

— TEXiled (@rlgrayca) June 25, 2015

So ridiculous that people are now trying to get Robert E. Lee High School's name changed ? #foreverarebel #proudalumni

— Shannon Young (@shannonyounggg) June 25, 2015