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Changing the name of Dianne Feinstein Elementary school, named for the Democratic senator and former mayor of San Francisco, has raised eyebrows. The trailblazing 87-year old’s star has dimmed in recent years with dismayed liberals joining calls for her retirement after she embraced Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham at the heated confirmation hearings on U.S. Supreme Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Feinstein's spokesman Tom Mentzer said the senator had no comment. The committee that selected the names included Feinstein because in 1984, while mayor, she replaced a vandalized Confederate flag th...

Washington and Lincoln are out. S.F. school board tosses 44 school names in controversial move FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Abraham Lincoln High School, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, in San Francisco, Calif. The S.F. school board voted on renaming 44 schools on Tuesday evening.Santiago Mejia / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of3Abraham Lincoln High School, located at 2162 24th Ave., remains closed due to the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, in San Francisco, Calif. Lincoln High School is one of the educational institutions subject to a name change under a proposal by a ...

Those 44 schools whose namesakes are thought, by many, to have dishonorable legacies. Some of the campuses impacted are: Lowell High, Lincoln High, Washington High, Roosevelt Middle, John Muir Elementary and Feinstein Elementary School. Lincoln High because of his treatment of Native Americans and Feinstein Elementary because of a confederate flag issue while she was mayor. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that critics called the process “slapdash,” which seems like a pretty minor criticism over this exercise of woke nihilism. That might be especially true considering that California s...

'San Francisco can't figure out how to safely open schools but they have time to cancel Lincoln': Fury as board votes to rename 44 schools honoring 'racists' such as Washington and Jefferson San Francisco's school board has voted to rename 44 institutions deemed to be linked to 'dishonorable legacies' Former presidents were among the historical figures who are set to be struck off A task force was assigned to study the names of district schools Slave owners and colonizers were among the criteria for schools to be renamed  Senator Dianne Feinstein also appeared on the list

Abraham Lincoln, once a hero, is now a bad guy in some S.F. education circles FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Alex Thompson walks with his daughter to Abraham Lincoln High School to receive a meal for students and siblings last week. Lincoln High School, which remains closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, is subject to a name change under a proposal by a city committee.Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less 2of3 A statue of Abraham Lincoln stands at the entrance of Lincoln High School. The base of the statue reads: “Gift to the Memorial Museum from M.H. de Young.”Yalonda ...