San Francisco to rename 44 schools with 'racist' namesakes, including Washington, Lincoln, Feinstein – GV Wire

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San Francisco to rename 44 schools with 'racist' namesakes, including Washington, Lincoln, Feinstein

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San Francisco will rename 44 schools, including campuses named after former presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln and Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

The near-unanimous Monday vote by the San Francisco Board of Education, with only one dissenter, comes after years of debate — and some scorn — over the reckoning of historical figures and their contentious, flawed legacies.

“It’s a message to our families, our students and our community,” board member Mark Sanchez said in the meeting, per the San Francisco Chronicle. “It’s not just symbolic.”

By Joshua Bote | 27 Jan 2021

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