The city's school board voted unanimously Monday to rename Forrest Hill Academy the Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy after the Major League Baseball Hall of Famer, who broke racial barriers and in 1974 smashed Babe Ruth's longstanding career home run record.

• The school was originally named after Klan leader and Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.
• In order to make possible the change of name to honor the Atlanta Braves star, who died in January at age 86, the vote waived a school district policy of waiting five years after a person has died to name a school building after them.