Minneapolis school board to vote Tuesday
on renaming Sheridan, Jefferson schools
Posted By: Ribicon, 4/11/2022 8:27:04 PM
A bright yellow banner in the hallway at Sheridan Dual Language Elementary displays a timeline: Each painted mark represents a step toward renaming the school "Las Estrellas," meaning "The Stars" in Spanish, and shedding a name tied to a historical figure with a problematic past.(Snip)The board will also vote on renaming Jefferson Elementary, which is now a global studies and humanities magnet school, to Ella Baker, in honor of the human and civil rights activist. "It's a beautiful transition," Sheridan Principal Yajaira Guzmán Carrero said of the name change, which would take effect in July. "Our students are so eager to see that change. This is their school,
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This Jefferson guy, whoever he is, is named only as "a slave-owning president." Everyone knows slavery is bad, so into the trash he goes. Meanwhile, is whatever country Sheridan Principal Yajaira Guzmán Carrero came from also renaming things in honor of communists and foreign invaders, or is this just a Trans American thang?