I weep for my state:

Is ‘Lebanon High’ an appropriate name for a Texas school? Some parents don’t think so http://t.co/uznuHHXy8z pic.twitter.com/mb8aBMNYnI

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 23, 2015

“The present-tense name of a country that was in the news all the time with reference of war and battleground was always what was on my mind when I would say the name Lebanon,” Liffey Skender told the school board.

“The word Lebanon still reminds me of all the sad and turmoil that goes on in the Middle East.”