The school board voted unanimously to change the name to Canyon Hills High School back in March. Author: Allison Royal (KFMB) Updated: 5:41 PM PDT July 6, 2021
CALIFORNIA, USA Junipero Serra High School in Tierrasanta has rebranded to Canyon Hills High School. On Tuesday, more than a dozen people gathered to protest.
“They have a national reputation,” said Chuck Cox, a resident in the area of 48 years. “Serra does. Canyon Hills? What’s that?”
They said it’s not that they are necessarily upset with the name change, but rather, in their words, they didn’t have an opportunity to weigh in beforehand.
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The Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco, California (Getty Images)
The San Francisco school board has drawn flak for voting to strike the names of historical figures like George Washington, Thomas Jefferseon and Abraham Lincoln from the district’s schools. According to multiple reports, the board, in a 6-1 vote, deemed the former presidents as those having ties to racism or dishonorable legacies and it will now see 44 San Francisco Unified School District schools changing their names.
While Washington and Jefferson were slave owners, Lincoln courted controversy despite ending slavery as critics accused him of oppressing indigenous people. The School Names Panel recommended the renaming in a meeting held last November.