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San Francisco school board to vote on school renaming, again
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Apr 6, 2021 at 2:14 am EDT
SAN FRANCISCO The San Francisco school board is poised to reverse a much-criticized decision to purge 44 schools of names it said were linked to racism, sexism or other injustices, a turnaround aimed at avoiding costly litigation and toning down outrage at what critics denounced as ill-timed activism.
Just over two months ago, the city’s elected Board of Education voted to strip schools of the names of figures including Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Louis Stevenson and longtime California Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
San Francisco school board to REVERSE decision to strip names of Lincoln, Washington and Jefferson from school buildings after being ridiculed for labeling them racist
The San Francisco Board of Education is poised to reverse its decision to rename 44 schools named after historical figures it claimed were racist or sexist
The school board faced multiple lawsuits over its decision - including from City Hall - and was mocked for trying to cancel revered historical figures
The lack of focus on reopening schools - which have been closed since March due to the coronavirus - was slammed as comically out of touch
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The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO The San Francisco school board is poised to reverse a much-criticized decision to purge 44 schools of names it said were linked to racism, sexism or other injustices, a turnaround aimed at avoiding costly litigation and toning down outrage at what critics denounced as ill-timed activism.
Just over two months ago, the city s elected Board of Education voted to strip schools of the names of historic figures including Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Robert Louis Stevenson. A school named for longtime Sen. Dianne Feinstein is on the list as well.
Parents, students and elected officials blasted the board for some of its targets and its timing. The decision in late January came while all of San Francisco’s public classrooms were closed because of coronavirus restrictions. They still are. Mayor London Breed, among others, called it “offensive and completely unacceptable” for the board to focus on changing school names