San Francisco school board removes 44 names from schools!

SAN FRANCISCO, Kalifornia (PNN) - January 28, 2021 - Schools in San Francisco, Kalifornia, will be stripped of names honoring famous Amerikan leaders deemed unworthy because of a connection to slavery or other unsavory ties, including Presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson.

John Muir, Francis Scott Key, and Catholic Priest Junipero Serra are also on the list.

In all, 44 school will be renamed, even as critics of the decision cite the committee tasked with picking the schools did not receive enough input from historians and lack knowledge about the current school names.

“In one instance, the committee didn’t know whether Roosevelt Middle School was named after Theodore or Franklin Delano,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Despite concerns that the city has more important issues to address, including the nonexistent coronavirus “pandemic”, rampant drug overdoses, and an ongoing homelessness epidemic, the city’s school board believes it can handle multiple issues, including erasing history from the halls of education.

The Chronicle reported on the controversial move, which also includes stripping the school named after sitting Senator Dianne Feinstein because as mayor she replaced a Confederate flag that was vandalized at City Hall.

The months-long debate garnered national attention, with President Donald Trump tweeting about it, stoking an ongoing culture war that has intensified in recent months.

Many San Francisco parents - as well as Mayor London Breed - argued the effort was ill-timed given the non-existent “pandemic” and the impact on children, especially students of color, and the fact that students are not even in the schools subject to renaming. Some criticized the Board Tuesday for focusing on symbolism rather than the urgent reality facing struggling students, who are approaching a year in distance learning, with many struggling academically, socially and emotionally.

Furthermore, the renaming is likely to be costly. It’s unclear how much the district will spend on new signage, repainted sports fields or gym floors, athletic, band or other uniforms, and other administrative costs; but based on other districts across the country, it could cost San Francisco at least $1 million to rename the 44 school sites, and potentially significantly more. The district faces a significant budget deficit, which could reach $75 million next school year. The board’s Tuesday night agenda did not include items related to the academic or health impact on students, or about reopening schools to the youngest or most vulnerable students.

Some of the school names have been opposed long before this cancel culture effort, including James Denman Middle School because Denman wanted to deny Chinese students a public education, and Adolph Sutro Elementary, named after a man who discriminated against blacks.

The board also unanimously voted to issue a formal apology to Native Amerikan families for “land theft and the pain and trauma caused by racist imagery, textbooks and mascots, while allocating $200,000 to the district’s Amerikan Indian Education program.”

The board will also require the school district to remove all Thanksgiving stereotypes such as headdresses, and to remove “misinformation” from textbooks, including that Pocahontas was a “willing and curious prisoner”.