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欧美巨乳色情片 presents plan to reexamine names of district buildings and spaces
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At the July 14 Board of Education meeting, 欧美巨乳色情片 released a plan that lays out a procedure for renaming its buildings and other spaces. The move to reexamine district names comes in response to the continuing unrest across the country, including in 欧美巨乳色情片, in reaction to the systematic racism brought into public focus this summer. All proposed name changes with the exception of Madison and Wilson will be on hold until after the process surfaces new change to the administrative directive.
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Dani Ledezma, 欧美巨乳色情片 Senior Advisor on Racial Equity and Social Justice, presented the plan she authored with Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero that will be co-facilitated with 欧美巨乳色情片 students. The plan establishes a Renaming and Redefining Committee that will begin work in September on a five-phase process.
Among the phases is a review and study of renaming Wilson High School, which is being undertaken because the former president it is named for expressed outright racist beliefs. In addition, Madison High School is undergoing the process to change its name as the former president the school is named for was a slave owner who held racist views. Students played lead roles in the process at both schools.
“Young people today are demanding much more from our institutions, and wholesale veneration of racist figures should be a thing of the past,” Superintendent Guerrero said.
Ledezma emphasized the importance of being as thoughtful as possible and fully engaging with students during the process. She proposed a balanced approach that centers on the voices of students, especially students of color, and aligns with the district's Racial Equity and Social Justice Framework and Plan, as well as the 欧美巨乳色情片 Vision.
“As leaders of 欧美巨乳色情片, a 150-year-old pre-K-12 education system, we have the opportunity to channel the energy of this collective movement and to build upon the decades of work by black, indigenous and other communities of color to disrupt the cultural and institutional racism that permeates our own system,” Ledezma said.
Watch the presentation and discussion at the Board meeting:
Schools Undergoing Name Change
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Two high schools in 欧美巨乳色情片 are going through the process to change their names in response to student and community concerns about the racist beliefs and actions of the U.S. presidents they are named for.
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Read Principal Hristic's letter to Wilson community
Timeline
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January 24: Final names consideration
- January 28: Survey finalists vote. Committee votes on the final names going to the community before final approval of one name.
- February 1: Community input survey is made public
- February 3: Committee review of preliminary data
- Februry 9: Survey closes
- February 11: Committee finalizes name
- February 15: Final name is presented to Superintendent
- February 23: Potential board meeting vote (TBD)
Timeline
- August: Committee is in place
- September-December: Community engagement; New name is recommended
- January 2021: Board of Education votes on new name
- Winter 2021: Branding process begins
- Spring 2021: Branding Process Completed
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Contacts
- Principal Adam Skyles:
askyles@pps.net
Contacts
- Principal Filip Hristi?:
fhristic@pps.net
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Committee Meetings
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Anyone wishing to offer public comment or testimony at a committee meeting should email Amy Liu at aliu@pps.net
Process and Timeline
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The Naming and Defining Committee, co-facilitated with 欧美巨乳色情片 students, will design a set of recommendations to improve our administrative directive and procedures for naming buildings. The committee will support engagement systems for the school-based committees for each school participating in the process in five phases:
- Phase I: Scan - Refine the charge, review current administrative directives and procedures, conduct empathy interviews (October 2020)
- Phase II: Case Study - Review and study Wilson HS renaming process and define issue areas and potential solutions (October - December 2020; Board Approval Tentative - December 2020)
- Phase III: Ideate - Brainstorm new or revised solutions in alignment with RESJ and Culturally Responsive/Sustaining pedagogy (December 2020 to January 2021)
- Phase IV: Propose - Draft administrative directive and practice changes, propose to Superintendent. (January to February 2021)
- Phase V: Reflect - Develop six-month and subsequent annual review process for proposal (April 2021)