Three San Francisco school board members ousted in recall election
San Francisco voters approved the recall of embattled school board President Gabriela López, Vice President Faauuga Moliga and Commissioner Alison Collins, all Democrats.
In a hot-button recall election, 70% of parents in the liberal city voted to recall the board members on Tuesday, according to the San Francisco Department of Elections.
Among parents' main frustrations were that the school board failed to address reopening schools during the pandemic, and instead focused their efforts on renaming 44 because they claimed they were named after 'problematic' American icons, like Paul Revere.
Both sides agreed that San Francisco's school board and the city itself became the focus of an embarrassing national spotlight.
One of the first issues to grab national attention was the board's January 2021 decision to rename 44 schools they said honored public figures linked to racism, sexism and other injustices. On the list were Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and trailblazing U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
The effort drew swift criticism for historical mistakes. Critics said it made a mockery of the country's racial reckoning. Angry parents asked why the board would waste time renaming schools when the priority needed to be reopening classrooms.
Collins came under fire again for tweets she wrote in 2016 that were widely criticized as racist. In them Collins, who is black, said Asian Americans used "white supremacist" thinking to get ahead and were racist toward Black students.
LOL to the super woke Collins Asians are now white supremacists. No wonder even super liberal San Fran said enough of this nonsense.
