Racine school board considers name change to honor veteran, NASA astronaut [Video]

Red Apple Elementary School in Racine may be getting a new name along with a grade expansion and new building, set to open in 2026.

Park High School alumni and current school board member Scott Coey came up with a proposal to rename the school in honor of Dr. Laurel Clark.

“I know name changes can be contentious, and people are very attached to them but who better deserving, for considering a STEAM school, than Laurel Clark,” Coey said.

Clark, a Horlick High School graduate, was a NASA astronaut, U.S. Navy Captain, surgeon, and recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

Coey told TMJ4’s Tahleel Mohieldin he still remembers the tragic day his freshman year when Clark’s life was cut short. She was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003.

Watch: Racine considers elementary school name change.

Red Apple Elementary school weighing possible name change in honor of Laurel Clark

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