The school district renamed these school, because school officials say the people the campuses were named after engaged in oppression and exclusion of others.
Sacramento's Kit Carson International Academy will be renamed Umoja International Academy in the fall, as part of SCUSD's commitment to address school facility names that do not support the district's values. The renaming process for three schools is complete, and the work to rebrand these school facilities will begin this summer.
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Three Sacramento schools are getting new names as part of a rebrand away from the racist historical California figures they were named after, the Sacramento City Unified School District said.