Town Votes to Rename School Named for Slave Owner

The town of Brookline voted overwhelmingly Tuesday night to rename a school named after a slave. Edward Devotion donated land to build a school back in the 1700s but it was recently discovered that Devotion was a slave owner. The revelation led to town meeting members voting to rename the Edward Devotion School to Coolidge Corner School, in order to distance the town from its slave-owning past.