Have they learnt their lesson? Woke San Francisco board FINALLY hires consultant to re-open classrooms after rejecting the idea for entire year
In June last year, the San Francisco school board rejected a plan to hire a reopening consultant to help get kids safely back in class
M
embers then described a firm recommended by Superintendent Vince Matthews as a crime syndicate because it had worked with charter schools
After overseeing one of the slowest school reopenings in the country, the board has now reversed its decision and agreed to hire outside help
The board was preoccupied with trying to rename so-called racist schools, as parents and children juggled virtual lessons and working from home
San Francisco school board REVERSES its cancel culture decision to rename 44 schools that were named after historic figures including Lincoln, Washington and Jefferson
The city s Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to formally suspend its plan to strip the names of a third of San Francisco s public schools
Board said names honored figures linked to racism, sexism and other injustices
Among them were schools named for presidents Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and longtime Sen. Dianne Feinstein
The board now said it was reversing the vote to avoid frivolous litigation after being sued for violating the state’s open meeting law with its initial decision
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San Francisco school board to REVERSE decision to strip names of Lincoln, Washington and Jefferson from school buildings after being ridiculed for labeling them racist
The San Francisco Board of Education is poised to reverse its decision to rename 44 schools named after historical figures it claimed were racist or sexist
The school board faced multiple lawsuits over its decision - including from City Hall - and was mocked for trying to cancel revered historical figures
The lack of focus on reopening schools - which have been closed since March due to the coronavirus - was slammed as comically out of touch
San Francisco puts renaming of schools on hold: City will consult historians and focus on re-opening dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.