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CHICAGO - A name change is coming soon for one Chicago elementary school, according to a report.
The Chicago Sun-Times says Andrew Jackson Language Academy will be the first of 30 schools to receive a name change.
The schools are named for slaveholders, and a Chicago Public Schools audit recommended name changes.
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Jackson, who was the seventh president of the Unites States along with being a slaveholder, also persecuted Native Americans, having signed the Indian Removal Act.
The new name for the Near West Side school will be Chicago World Language Academy.