Your School Has a Bad Name

For John, BLUF:  I think it wasn't until Ninth Grade that I was in a named school (Bancroft.  For a while the woman two doors down from us on Mansur, in her youth, had been a Bancroft student).  History is to be learned from and erasing history erases learning.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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The revolution devours all before it

From The Washington Examiner, by Columnist Byron York, 27 January 2021, 08:57 AM.

Here is the lede plus three:

The latest enactment of that old truth happened Tuesday night in, of all places, a Zoom meeting of the San Francisco School Board.  In that meeting, members voted to strip the names of American historical figures -- George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and even California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein -- from schools in San Francisco.

What began in recent years as a call to remove the names of Confederate leaders from schools, roads, and military bases, and then to tear down Confederate statues, has now moved on to target all of American history.

The San Francisco Board created a School Names Advisory Committee in May 2018.  Members passed a resolution committing the board to "changing the names of schools named for historical figures who engaged in the subjugation and enslavement of human beings; or who oppressed women, inhibiting societal progress; or whose actions led to genocide; or who otherwise significantly diminished the opportunities of those amongst us to the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

The last phrase, targeting anyone who had "diminished the opportunities" of anyone else, was a catch-all that would allow the School Board to go after virtually any name it chose.  And indeed, on Tuesday night, the Board voted to change 44 school names.

Not only did they tag George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, but also Paul Revere♠ and sitting US Senator from California, Diane Feinstein.

Of course the San Francisco School Board hasn't yet found a way to reopen those schools, but at least there will be name changes.

Frankly, this action would cause me to run for the School Board in the next election.  Schools being closed for COVID-19.  Schools not meeting the needs to the students.  What is there not to run against?

One hopes that at some point the People will rise up and throw the bums out.  Rise up in the classic, "go to the polls", sense.  Or maybe there will be the formation of a new political party.  Call it the Grizzley Bear Party.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff

♠  Can Patriots' Day be far behind?