[XR7]

The possibilities include Ralph Bunche, the black diplomat at the United Nations...and farmworker organizer Cesar Chavez.

Ugh.

[Lancey Howard]

Kalifornia.... LMAO!!!
They can change the name to Snoop Dogg Elementary. Who cares?

[krakath]

My sentiments exactly. It's almost as if that area were a different country.

[West Coast Conservative]

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School might change its name because the third U.S. president was a slave owner.

LOL!

[Izzy Dunne]

it's reasonable to want a name that is not offensive to some in the community.

There is no such name, apparently.

[Mount Athos]

I hear Berkeley is close to making a final decision, which will be -- "White People Suck" elementary.

[Izzy Dunne]

The possibilities include Ralph Bunche, the black diplomat at the United Nations who won the Nobel Peace Prize

Can someone tell me why they thought it necessary to include his race in this description?

[Borges]

Timothy Leary Elementary

[LibFreeOrDie]

If they name it William Jefferson Clinton, they could save some $$$ on new lettering...

[Echo Talon]

Name it Michael Jackson's Neverland Elementary School.

[politicket]

How about naming it "George Jefferson Elementary" since all of the property tax payers get taking to the cleaners for this garbage?

[SpyGuy]

Why not just rename all public schools:

Gulag #0001
Gulag #0002
Gulag #0003
Gulag #0004
Gulag #0005
...
Gulag #1573
Gulag #1574
Gulag #1575
....

[warsaw44]

Just name it the Joseph Stalin Elementary school, you bunch of ungrateful, uneducated swine.

[Route101]

L.O.L.......forget about the school name you village idiots...just teach the kids to at least tie their shoes!...What a joke!

[gakrak]

Gee, if it was me it would be a non starter. By the way how are the kids doing with their ability to read and write? How about a look at their standardized test scores! They worry about being offensive because of the name of their school./sarc. This must be the most ridiculous item of the day. Amen.

[Alia]

LOL! They really should be realistic about their new name of school. I propose "Shade Grown" for their new name...

[sergeantdave]

Yo! 2 + 2 = 5 Elementalry Skool, Dude

[Clock King]

It's very clear that the name is offensive to a significant part of the population,"

I find that sort of non-thinking very offensive, really!

[FNU LNU]

While today both Washington and Jefferson are roundly condemned for owning slaves, it is nevertheless true that they both laid the first seeds for the abolition of slavery in the United States. Their first obstacle was the laws of Virginia Colony which forbade the freeing of slaves. When Jefferson tried to change the laws of Virginia in 1769, he ran into an obstruction in Crown law, which gave the Crown the unilateral and unambiguous power to strike down any and all American laws on any subject whatsoever. Virginians simply didn't have the liberty to free slaves.

Indeed, one great reason the Revolution was fought was to give liberty to the colonies to free slaves, which many of them did after we declared our independence. For example, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts abolished slavery in 1780, Connecticut and Rhode Island did so in 1784, Vermont in 1786, New Hampshire in 1792, New York in 1799, New Jersey in 1804, etc.