… we are concerned the district is undertaking a misguided and costly distraction by proposing to rename at least 45 elementary, middle and high schools.
Press Release: Letter to SFUSD from Alumni Associations Against Schools’ Name Changes
SFUSD Weighs Renaming 11 Sunset District Schools
The schools that are on the list include: Abraham Lincoln High School; James Russell Lowell High School; Herbert Hoover Middle School; Lawton Elementary School; Dianne Feinstein Elementary School; Thomas Jefferson Elementary School; Francis Scott Key Elementary School; Commodore Sloat Elementary School; Robert Louis Stevenson Elementary School; Ulloa Elementary School and Noriega Early Education School.
SFUSD Considers Changing Schools’ Names
George Washington High School, Presidio Middle School, Theodore Roosevelt Middle School, Claire Lilienthal Elementary School, Alamo Elementary School, Frank McCoppin Elementary School and Sutro Elementary are all recommended by the School Names Advisory Committee for name changes.
SFUSD Loses First Round in GWHS Mural Lawsuit
The George Washington High School Alumni Association won the first round in its court fight with the San Francisco Unified School District over a series of murals on the life of the first president, the school’s namesake.
Presidio Middle School’s $5M Upgrade
By Thomas K. Pendergast The students at the Presidio Middle School on Geary Boulevard start off the school year with a new playground area, thanks to a donation by the founder and […]
Murals at Washington High School Stoke Debate: Board to Decide Their Fate
More than 80 years after artist Victor Arnautoff painted them, the murals now face destruction and are the focus of an intense debate about who gets to control the memory of the past and what that legacy will be in the future.
Richmond District Democratic Club Supports Removal of Murals at GWHS
“… we believe that community discussion around the ‘Life of Washington’ murals is not only timely, but well overdue.”
