Appleton Area School District considers renaming school after longtime educator Ron Dunlap

The Appleton Area School District’s Board of Education is seeking input from our students, staff, families, alumni, and community members on the proposed renaming of Lincoln Elementary to the Ronald C. Dunlap Elementary School – Home of the Lincoln Lions, according to a press release from the district issued Thursday.

“This renaming is in honor of Mr. Dunlap, a pioneering figure in our community and our state. This is not an effort to eliminate a former president’s name from our school building. We are proud of the history of Lincoln Elementary and will keep it intact. The Lincoln name will remain in the title with the phrase, ‘Home of the Lincoln Lions,’ and the Lions will remain as the school mascot,” the press release said....