Posted on 06/22/2020 2:39:28 PM PDT by KingofZion
The San Francisco Unified School District is moving toward renaming some schools in the city amid a moment of national reckoning on race and history.
From the toppling of statues honoring controversial figures who were tied to slavery in Golden Gate Park this weekend to a push to rename Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in Marin County, the Bay Area is changing its views on honoring controversial figures of the past.
*** The Black Lives Matter movement that has erupted in recent weeks following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has amplified a push to rename schools in the Bay Area and across the country.
Last week the Berkeley Unified School District decided to move forward in renaming Jefferson and Washington elementary schools that commemorate the first and third U.S. presidents, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, who both owned slaves. Now the San Francisco Unified School District is looking to follow suit.
*** Schools that are under the spotlight include Francis Scott Key Elementary in the Sunset District, named after the man who wrote the lyrics of the Star Spangled Banner, also a known slave owner.
Another school that may see a name change is Junipero Serra Elementary in Bernal Heights. Serra was an 18th century Franciscan friar who served as the architect of the California mission system during the era of Spanish colonization. The missions were designed to convert the indigenous population to Catholicism by confining them to missions throughout California. Natives who tried to escape were beaten and captured, as indigenous customs were banned.
Other schools under the spotlight in San Francisco include Washington High School and John Muir Elementary, which may be renamed for the poet and San Francisco native Maya Angelou.
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(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Rename them: Pandering to Leftist Lunatics.
Funny, my Uncle went to college with Johnny Mathis.....Funny
Funny, you’re a stranger who’s come here
Come from another town
Funny, I’m a stranger myself here
Small world, isn’t it?
A.P. Giannini Middle School - named for a Banker.....
Commodore Sloat Elementary School - named for the commodore in the United States Navy who, in 1846, claimed California for the United States.
Commodore Stockton Early Education School - named for a United States Navy commodore, notable in the capture of California during the Mexican–American War.
Francis Scott Key Elementary School - named for Francis Scott Key who was an American slaveowner, lawyer, author, and amateur poet from Frederick, Maryland, who is best known for writing the lyrics for the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Frank McCoppin Elementary School- named for a Frank who was a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary (POLICE) from 1851 until he emigrated to the United States.
George Peabody Elementary School - named for a Banker.....
Now America is being governed from the ghettos by parasitic people who can’t even care for themselves and live on what others produce.
How about Idi Amin University?
Can’t wait for Jim Jones High School
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