San Francisco’s school board has halted plans to rename dozens of buildings named after historic figures that a review panel deemed to have problematic legacies.
The highly criticized plan, which was slated to name 44 schools in the district including Abraham Lincoln High School, was formally rescinded in a vote on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press.
“It feels like truth won this time,” Seeyew Mo, an activist who led a group opposed to the renaming effort told the AP following the vote.
Some critics of the board’s decision have said the district was spending too much time on the renaming effort and not enough time focusing on getting students and teachers back in classrooms full time amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In the resolution approved by the board on Tuesday, the board said it “wishes to avoid the distraction and wasteful expenditure of public funds in frivolous litigation.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/546850-san-francisco-board-halts-school-renaming-plan