The San Francisco Board of Education voted to rename 44 public schools during a virtual meeting on Jan. 26, 2021. Matier first reported on the subject in July. I support the concept of renaming schools and ask why you are not including all schools in the process, Parrott said. Prince William County Votes to Rename Stonewall Jackson High School to Unity Reed High School and Stonewall Middle School to Unity Braxton Middle School officially on July 1, 2020. Lets not create a Tower of Babel. Just like the effort to destroy the murals about the life of U.S. President George Washington at his namesake high school by painting them over, this renaming effort began when Sanchez brought the idea to the school board. I understand that this may bring up mixed emotions within our community, because we love our school, Abdolcader said. The names of presidents and other political and historic figures could soon be purged from SFUSD schools. Directory of Schools | SFUSD - San Francisco Unified School District Academic Middle School, Junipero Serra Annex Early Education School, Mission Education Center Elementary School, New Traditions Creative Arts Elementary School, Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School, 415-695-5691 (PreK-4); 415-522-6757 (5-8), Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts, San Francisco Public Montessori Elementary School, MAIN 415-695-5701 / ATTENDANCE 415-695-5709, Zaida T. Rodriguez Early Education School. The schools that are on the list include: Abraham Lincoln High School; James Russell Lowell High School; Herbert Hoover Middle School; Lawton Elementary School; Dianne Feinstein Elementary School; Thomas Jefferson Elementary School; Francis Scott Key Elementary School; Commodore Sloat Elementary School; Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary School; The San Francisco Board of Education conducted a review of the 46 campuses that have been recommended by a volunteer panel to be considered for renaming and passed a resolution Tuesday to further the process for renaming those schools. College degrees in Education, Paralegal Studies. Read our editorial standards. Like, if they got to do public comment," one member said during that 2-hour committee meeting. SFUSD's Student Family School Resource Link supports students and families in navigating all of the SFUSD resources available to them. Photos by Michael Durand. The news also comes more than a year after the school board voted to cover a controversial mural depicting images of slavery and dead Native Americans at George Washington High School. (LogOut/ SFUSD offers different language programs depending on whether students want to learn English, or if they want to learn another language. to submit alternate names and view those suggested by others. Students, families, and school staff can email requests to sflink@sfusd.edu,call 415-340-1716(M-F, 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m., closed from 12 to 1 p.m. every day), or complete an online request form. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. Schools that will be renamed include: Abraham Lincoln High School, George Washington High School, Dianne Feinstein Elementary, Roosevelt Middle School, Jefferson Elementary and Alamo Elementary. SFUSD Votes On Resolution To Rename 44 Schools Another person who was involved in the movement to destroy the murals at George Washington High School weighed in on renaming the schools. This bond will make an 80 million dollar difference in the lives of our future leaders and in the growth of the South Redford community. The 44 schools that were notified last week they may be renamed for purported connections to slavery, genocide or oppression, according to the Chronicle, are expected to choose alternate monikers by Dec. 18.
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