{"id":4444,"date":"2020-10-27T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4444"},"modified":"2020-10-27T12:18:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T19:18:22","slug":"san-francisco-schools-planning-name-changes-to-appease-far-left-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4444","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Schools Planning Name Changes to Appease Far Left Activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The senseless obsession shared by the vocal few to purge the names of so many American figures from public life has made its way to San Francisco schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather than concentrating their efforts on reopening public school classrooms, the district has instead thought it more expedient to consider changing the names of 44 schools whose namesake can be connected to slavery, genocide, and oppression. Among those on the list are schools named after former Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson, along with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have grown awfully accustomed to the constant attacks on those two great men, but the decision to include Sen. Feinstein apparently comes from her decision to replace a vandalized Confederate flag in front of City Hall back in 1986.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feinstein has been a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/2020\/10\/far-left-groups-targeting-senator-dianne-feinstein-shows-the-growing-divide-on-the-left\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">target of the Left<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for some time now, most recently for her positive remarks on the confirmation hearings for now-Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed has been a heavy critic of the district\u2019s decision to rename one-third of its schools when the focus should clearly be on reopening safely.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today I issued a statement on the need for our School District to focus on reopening our public schools, not renaming them. To address inequities, we need to get our kids back in the classroom. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nHnauVZzFe\">pic.twitter.com\/nHnauVZzFe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; London Breed (@LondonBreed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LondonBreed\/status\/1317158288258027520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It\u2019s offensive to parents who are juggling their children\u2019s daily at-home learning schedules with doing their own jobs and maintaining their sanity,&#8221; said Mayor Breed. &#8220;It\u2019s offensive to me as someone who went to public school, loves public school, and who knows how those years in the classroom are what lifted me out of poverty and into college. It\u2019s offensive to our kids who are staring at their screens day after day instead of learning and growing with their classmates and friends<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The district should have as its top priority the reopening of schools, but predictably, the Left\u2019s fixation on issues that the great majority of Americans are neither concerned about nor affected by continues to hamper progress on the real concerns of the people. Some things are just a secondary concern for those out of touch with reality\u2014reopening schools appears to be one of them.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The senseless obsession shared by the vocal few to purge the names of so many American figures from public life has made its way to San Francisco schools. 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