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Surrey Board of Education is reviewing a renewed call by one Surrey resident to rename an elementary school in the city.

Lorene Oikawa, a researcher of Japanese-Canadian history, wants to see a new name attached to Senator Reid Elementary School, located in the Cedar Hills area, 9341 126 St.

"Thomas Reid’s racist comments and actions against Japanese Canadians are well documented," Oikawa wrote in a recent letter to Surrey school trustees.

"It is perpetuating the injustice to have his name on a school.… Our schools must not honour racist individuals."

Oikawa's request will be discussed by Surrey school trustees this month, reads a statement from Surrey Schools.

The district has a policy for the naming of schools , but none for re-naming them.

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