The San Diego Unified School Board approved changing the Junipero Serra Conquistadors to Canyon Hills Rattlers. Author: Alicia Summers (Reporter) Updated: 8:53 AM PST March 12, 2021
SAN DIEGO Two of the students behind the social movement share their motives and how they were successfully able to get the school board to unanimously approve the change. During the summer there were a lot of movements for racial equality and we decided it was a perfect time to use the momentum from that, said Charlotte Taila, a Junior and petition organizer.
That momentum and support from the community helped in getting Junipero Serra High School in Tierrasanta renamed Canyon Hills High School.
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San Diego Unified’s Junipero Serra High School will now be called Canyon Hills High School after students successfully petitioned for the name change, saying that the name of the founder of California’s mission system is offensive to indigenous peoples whose ancestors were subjected to its doctrine.
On Tuesday night, the San Diego Unified School Board unanimously voted for the name change and to change the school’s mascot from a conquistador to a rattlesnake, or a “Rattler.”
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12:04 AM, Mar. 10, 2021This article was corrected to reflect that Tierrasanta is referred to as “The Island in the Hills.”