CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools leaders and elected officials unveiled new signage at Harriet Tubman Elementary School on Monday as the school continues to distance itself from its prior namesake,
Chicago Public Schools’ Harriet Tubman Elementary had long been named for Swiss American biologist Louis Agassiz before it was changed last year to honor the Underground Railroad activist.
“I want to make sure that our team reflects the diversity (in Chicago), because it’s one of the riches of our city,” CPS CEO Pedro Martinez said Wednesday during the monthly Board of Education meeting.