New Elementary Named After Hmong Military Leader

Linden Park School Will Be Called General Vang Pao Elementary

UPDATED: 9:43 am CDT April 10, 2007

MADISON, Wis. -- Madison's new elementary school in the Linden Park neighborhood will be called General Vang Pao Elementary.

Officials said that more than 40 names were submitted for the school.

Vang Pao was an American-allied Hmong military leader. He was considered the preeminent leader of the Hmong people in the United States, WISC-TV reported.

But Pao isn't without controversy. A University of Wisconsin history professor wrote of Vang Pao's involvement in the drug trade during Vietnam. This ended a bid to name a Madison city park for Pao in 2002, WISC-TV reported.

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