renaming committee said it included the school because when Feinstein served as the city's mayor following the assassinations of Milk and Moscone she replaced a vandalized Confederate flag that had flown outside City Hall.Press coverage made it seem that the jettisoning of the targeted school names was a foregone conclusion, but the school district issued a statement stressing that no decisions had been made and none would be until next year at the earliest.
Public outrage was also enflamed by school principals being asked to submit new name suggestions to the naming advisory group while their school sites were closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Gay school board president Mark Sanchez, a former principal with the district, two years.