Posted on 08/17/2022 1:30:04 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Patrick Henry High School in north Minneapolis will soon go by a different name.
The Minneapolis Public Schools board voted unanimously on Tuesday to start the process of changing the school's name, something that has been the subject of discussions since 2017.
The name comes from an 18th-century Virginia politician who owned slaves. He was part of the coalition that signed the Declaration of Independence and is famously known for saying "Give me liberty or give me death" during discussions leading up to the Revolutionary War.
The school has been considering a name change since some students and staff expressed their distaste for the current name.
According to the resolution passed this week: "Students, staff, and community members recognize the need for a school name that better represents the values of the community."
"Ending the debate about whether or not the name should be changed will allow the Patrick Henry High School Community to focus on developing a recommendation for a new name," the resolution continues.
The resolution says the board has formed a fund in the school's budget to help schools with the costs going towards board-directed name changes.
This isn't the first school to recently undergo a name change. Bring Me The News reported last year that Henry Sibley High School in Mendota Heights changed its name to Two Rivers last summer.
Henry Sibley was Minnesota's first governor, and also a military leader in the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, where he was part of a military commission that sentenced 303 Dakota men to death, according to the Minnesota Historical Society.
Two other schools in Minneapolis — Sheridan Dual Language Elementary and Jefferson Global Studies & Humanities — began their renaming processes in 2020. According to Minneapolis Public Schools, the names were officially changed in April. The former is now known as Las Estrellas, and the latter is known as Ella Baker. Las Estrellas means "The Stars," in Spanish, and Baker was a civil rights activist.
In 2017, Alexander Ramsey Middle School changed its name to instead honor former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page. Alexander Ramsey served as governor after Sibley. This year, St. Paul Public Schools approved the name change of Ramsey Middle School to Hidden River Middle School.
Che Guevara High School
Fidel Castro Memorial High School
Mao High School
Josef Stalin High School
William Ayers High School
Malcom X High School
Saul Alinsky High School
Well played!
How about naming it after George Floyd or Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, current president of Somalia?
Don’t give them any ideas.
Yeah, but “Woke Dumbass Hi Screwl” just lacks something.
It will probably get changed to Osama bin-Laden. These people are off their rockers.
“Please welcome to the field, the V. Lenin Indoctrination Center Tyrants!”
"Give me Liberty, or give me Melania's underwear drawer!" - Christopher "Panty" Wrayd
Hell, why not? They are already going to lay off just the white teachers there, to hell with seniority. Might as well just erase all white people in that racist sh*thole /s
That is what's happening. One more reason to give parents vouchers... for the school of their choice.
And the winner of this game plays the Clinton Arkancides in the next round!
That’s Barack Obama Elementary in Richmond , VA
SchoolDigger Rank: 1056th of 1,103 Virginia Elementary Schools
African American: 90.7%
White: 3.9%
Hispanic: 3.0%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 98.5%
Barack Obama Elementary ranks worse than 95.7% of elementary schools in Virginia. It also ranks 14th among 25 ranked elementary schools in the Richmond City Public Schools District.
https://www.schooldigger.com/go/VA/schools/0324000381/school.aspx
I’m thinking “The George Floyd School for Future Home Invaders”
Actually if we sent them to the UK, I think they’d fit right in.
Patrick Henry was a Founder of the USA, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Like other Founders, he put his life on the line so that a free and independent USA could come into being.
If a school censors such a person, it dishonors our country and her history!!!!
The article also says that the Minneapolis school officials were also canceling Thomas Jefferson. Not only was Jefferson the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, but as President he purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. Some of the land where Minneapolis now stands was part of the Louisiana Territory. So no Jefferson, no USA, no Minnesota!!!!
The woke ideologues are cutting off their noses to spite their faces. PHOOEY to them!!!!
We also should expect them to replace the “Star Spangled Banner” with the “black National Anthem”.
How about “The Current Thing High School”?
Let me guess...”George Floyd High School”?
They can declare Patrick Henry as a Trans girl.
Don’t even have to change “Patrick”.
Problem Solved!
Now their Mascot is the Patriots. That IS a problem.
Hange one letter: Looser High School
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