San Francisco School Board Halts Plan to Rename 44 Schools, Focuses on Reopening Them

Pedestrians walk by a mural of Abraham Lincoln outside of Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco, Calif., on Dec. 17, 2020. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Following local and national backlash, San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) said over the weekend that it will put on hold the plan to rename its 44 schools and instead, focus on their reopening.

In a statement released to the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Board of Education President Gabriela López said that reopening schools will be the district’s “only focus,” and that the renaming committee meetings will halt until “our children and young people are back in schools.”