Educators in San Francisco and across the state of California are facing potential layoffs while the school board is mired in lawsuits and a right-wing recall election.
Murals at a San Francisco school should stay for now, judge says
The Life of George Washington, a series of murals created in the 1930s for the Works Progress Administration by a Russian-born artist, in the lobby of George Washington High School in San Francisco, April 9, 2019. Jim Wilson/The New York Times.
by Carol Pogash
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- A California court this week ruled that Works Progress Administration frescoes depicting the life of George Washington cannot be removed from a local high school without an environmental review, thwarting the San Francisco Board of Educations plans to cover up the hotly debated artwork.
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Judge overturns 2019 decision by SFUSD to cover up mural at Washington HS
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Judge overturns 2019 ruling to cover up controversial mural at SF high school
A San Francisco superior court judge overturned the 2019 ruling to cover up a controversial mural at George Washington High School.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - A San Francisco Superior Court judge on Tuesday overturned a 2019 decision by the city s school district to cover up a controversial mural at George Washington High School.
The George Washington High School Alumni Association had filed a lawsuit following the 2019 vote by the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education to remove the 1936 mural titled Life of Washington by Victor Arnautoff on the walls of the stairway and main lobby entrance at the Richmond District school.