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San Francisco School Board Recall Effort Grows According to New Polling Data

July 8, 2021 11:23 amJuly 8, 2021 11:26 am

The effort to recall San Francisco Board of Education President Gabriela Lopez, Vice President Faauuga Moliga, and recently demoted Board Member Alison Collins gained traction in the past few weeks following new polls finding that, if enough signatures are collected...

San Francisco School Board Votes Unanimously to Halt Controversial School Renaming Plan

April 7, 2021 3:19 pm

The San Francisco Board of Education suspended their controversial decision to rename 44 schools on Tuesday following months of criticism and growing concerns over the research used by the panel in charge of finding schools to rename. Following the School...

San Francisco School Board May Halt School Renaming Plan on Tuesday

April 5, 2021 2:24 pm

The San San Francisco Unified School Board will vote Tuesday on whether or not to continue on with their plans to rename 44 schools following months of public backlash and several other scandals that have plagued the school board since...

Controversial San Francisco Renaming Plan Put On Hold

February 22, 2021 2:46 pm

On Sunday, San Francisco School Board President Gabriela Lopez announced that the controversial Board plan to rename 44 schools would be put on hold until classes fully resume. In late January, the board voted 5-1 to rename public schools in...

The Crazy Interview with SF School Board President on How San Francisco Renamed its Schools

February 8, 2021 7:38 amFebruary 9, 2021 6:24 pm

The San Francisco Unified School District, “is planning to rename a school named after Abraham Lincoln because the former president did not demonstrate that ‘black lives mattered to him,” the Globe reported in December. “President Abraham Lincoln, considered one of...

SF School Board Proposes Renaming Washington and Lincoln Schools With Jerry Garcia

January 30, 2021 10:10 amFebruary 2, 2021 1:18 pm

We learned this week that the San Francisco School Board voted 6-1 to rename 44 schools around the city over “racist” namesakes, of historical figures in U.S. history from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln to Paul Revere to U.S. Senator...

10,000 Sign Petition as Outrage Grows Over San Francisco School Renaming Decision

January 29, 2021 2:10 amJanuary 29, 2021 3:15 pm

On Thursday, outrage over the San Francisco School Board’s Tuesday decision to rename 44 schools in the district over ‘racist’ namesakes grew to new levels. Tuesday’s decision, which would rename schools honoring everyone from former presidents such as George Washington...