San Francisco may reverse decision to rename public schools
Advertisement When the school voted to change the recommended names, Jeremiah Jeffries, a teacher and leader of the renaming committee, was elated. “We are unapologetically going after white supremacy, white supremacist symbols, and making these changes that people have been demanding for years,” Jeffries said at the meeting. A torrent of criticism erupted nationwide. Some local residents decried the renaming panel’s research, which relied in part on Wikipedia articles, and alleged the board did not adequately include community members in the process. Many within the school communities...