Salt Lake City teen wants to rename school for fallen Latino soldier
By Lisa Schencker, The Salt Lake Tribune
Washington Elementary. Jackson Elementary. Lincoln Elementary.
They’re all schools in Salt Lake City bearing the names of great men. But they’re also all long dead — their experiences generations and worlds away from those of the students attending the schools.
Now, one Salt Lake City teen wants to change that for students in a west-side school. East High junior Erick Olivas is working to rename Parkview Elementary after a Glendale neighborhood soldier who died serving his country in Afghanistan in 2007. He’d like to see the school become Rocky Herrera Elementary.
“When I went to the school basically all the students were Hispanic or Latino,” Olivas said, “and I think it would make a great impact in the Latino community just to know there are also Latino heroes in our community that fight for our country.”
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