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School Name Review and Renaming Overview for Jefferson School School Name Review and Renaming Overview for Jefferson School March 20, 2018 School Name Change Overview ➢ BUSD Policy and Process ➢ Le Conte Process So Far ➢ Implications for Jefferson ➢ Questions / Discussion Facilities Naming Process & Timeline - BP/AR 7310 Process Components 1. Initiated by petition, by Board direction, or Superintendent Request for Review recommendation.. 2. At least one meeting with school employees and at least one Review and meeting with the families of students enrolled in the school….as Recommendation by well as any additional information/input. The renaming of existing Superintendent schools shall occur only after thorough study. The Superintendent shall bring a recommendation to the Board. The 3. renaming of existing schools shall occur only under extraordinary Board Decision to circumstances. Rename 4. An advisory committee..shall hold at least three community Advisory Committee meetings...and bring forward a recommendation to the Process Superintendent and Board within six months. 5. It is Board's sole prerogative to name or rename a school. Board Decision to The Board may select a name other than that proposed. Select New Name Le Conte School Process Overview Process Timeline 1. Request for Review (via Petition) May - June 2017 September-October 2017 2. Review by Superintendent / Designee November 2017 3. Recommendation to the Board 4. Advisory Committee Renaming Process January - April 2018 5. Board Decision and Implementation May - June 2018 Le Conte School Name Process Close-Up # Action Steps Tasks Timeline Discussions in Staff and PTA Discuss and Prepare Meetings, Volunteer Meetings, Meet Jan - March 1 Petition to Rename w/ District re process 2017 School Create Online/Paper Form with Information re LeConte and Process; April 2 Create and Circulate Translate, Post online, Circulate, 2017 Petition Compile Check Names/Signatures, Write Report to Board, Present to Board, May - June 3 Review Petition Update Website 2017 Name Review and Recommendation to Board # Action Steps Tasks Timeline Research and BUSD Name History Research, LeConte July - Aug 4 Review LeConte History Research, Create & Translate 2017 Name Materials & Presentation Discuss LeConte 3 meetings - school staff, families, Sept - Oct 5 Name with neighbors; plan, publicize and conduct 2017 Community meetings Recommendation Summarize research and community 6 input, discuss with Supt. and Cabinet, Nov 2017 to Board write document and present to Board Review/consult other districts, outline Nov 2017 - 7 Plan Next Steps process, set up web resources for Dec 2017 committee Le Conte Discussions: Challenges and Concerns ● Achieving consensus on new name; ● If named after a person, future problems with that name; ● Longevity of name; ● Feelings and traditions of alumni and neighbors; ● Sense of history lost ● Negative attention from outside groups, fringe elements or national media; ● Costs and length of process : Advisory Committee Organization # Action Steps Tasks Timeline Publicize process with school & Form Advisory neighbors, review committee 8 Dec 2017 Committee applications, contact and schedule committee Advisory Plan, conduct and summarize six 2-3 hr committee meetings with facilitator, 9 Jan - May Committee minute-taker. Communications w/ 2018 Meetings members Advisory • planning/publicity • neighbor outreach • rubric/criteria • sorting/reviewing 10 Jan- May Subcommittee • school engagement • reporting / writing 2018 Meetings & Work Community Plan, publicize, conduct, attend, summarize three community meetings; Jan -March 11 Meetings and communications w/individuals 2018 Communications (phone/in person) Criteria for Name Selection May Include: ● INSPIRING: especially to school children ● BERKELEY VALUES: e.g. equity, inclusion, social justice, diversity, ecology, ● BERKELEY/BAY AREA CONNECTION: local community, history, or BUSD ● TWI IDENTITY: Spanish/English & multicultural mission of the school ● EDUCATION CONNECTION: excellence & right to quality public education. ● UNDER REPRESENTED: type of person, place, entity in BUSD school names ● UNDER-RECOGNIZED: not already widely known ● ENDURING: likely to last, even if the school/program changes in the future, or more becomes known about the namesake Name Solicitations and Review # Action Steps Tasks Timeline Create online and paper form, Jan -Feb 12 Name Solicitations Translate, Circulate in print and online 2018 newsletters, Post on web Prepare Names for Organize 220 submissions, provide 13 Feb-18 Review information on each of 118 names Straw Poll on All Straw Poll on 118 Names, 14 Feb-18 Names Summarize results; propose top 20 Review of Top 20 for sorting Winnow to Short 15 subcommittee; Mar-18 List Decision re Top 7 with full committee 76 names of people and families! Bartolomé de las Alice Walker Angela Davis Barack Obama Barbara Lee Barbara Penny-James Casas Beatriz Manz Betty Reid Soskin Carol Sibley Cesar Chavez Chiura Obata David Blackwell David (& Anne Hus) denise brown Diana L. Paxton Dolores Huerta Dorothea Lange Ed Roberts Brower Elinor Carlisle Elizabeth S Martinez Ella Baker Ellen Ochoa Fidel Castro Florence McDonald George Melendez George Washington Fred Korematsu Frederick Bee Frida Kahlo Gabriela Mistral Wright Carver Gloria E Anzaldúa Harold Cronkite Harriet Tubman Huey P. Newton Isabel Allende Ishi J (Jackson) Stitt Wilson Joseph Nisbet LeConte Jaime de Angulo Joan Baez Joseph Charles Jovita Idar Judith Heumann Julia Morgan Larry Itilong Lillian Moller Gilbreth Luis W. Alvarez Luisa Moreno Malvina Reynolds Margot D Sotomayor Mario Molina Mario Savio Mamie Tape Family Marian Diamond Maudelle Shirek Michelle Obama Mine Okubo Mohammed Ali Octavia Butler Octavio Paz Pancho Villa Peralta Pete Seeger Ralph Lazo Rigoberta Menchu Rita Moreno Roy Nichols Ruby Bridges Ruth Acty Sonia Sotomayor Mendez Family Ursula K. Le Guin William Byron Walter A. Gordon William Leidesdorff Zachary Cruz Rumford, Sr 42 phrases, groups, places, nature! Academy for Berkeley Berkeley Berkeley Berkeley Bilingual ¡Adelante! Escuela de Multicultural Bilingue Escuela Community School Excellence Idiomas Academy Bienvenidex Blossom Camellia Chochenyo Dreamer Escuela Arco Iris Escuela Jauria Instituto Evergreen Huichin Imagination In Lak'Ech de Lobos Multicultural La Escuelita or Kindheart Lisjan Loving Mariposa Mi Voz Mi Escuelita Monarch/ Ohlone Ollin Our Escuelita Pachamama Rararumi Monarcha schooly Redwood Russell Street Semillitas Shortfellow Sí Se Puede! mcschoolface Southside Stargazer Still I Rise Sunnyside Todo El Mundo Unity Finalist Process and Decision # Action Steps Tasks Timeline Community Create Information and resources on Top 7 for community, classroom and March- April 16 Review of Short home discussion, focus meetings, straw 2018 List polls. Permissions re Contact relevant namesakes/ March -April 17 Short List descendants etc re potential use 2018 Recommend Top Summarize community input, discuss, determine top choices, rationale, write 18 Name(s) for Board May 2018 and present report to Board (two Decision meetings) Process Report and Implementation # Action Steps Tasks Timeline Write Report to Board on Process, May-June 19 Process Report propose policy/implementation 2018 adjustments, outline implementation steps & costs Signage, internal systems July-Aug 20 Implementation (accounting, payroll, illuminate, 2018 CDE, internal/external websites) Process Impact - Implications for Discussion People Time Process Impacts Jefferson? 60-110 hours Parent ● Canceled Annual ● Time impact, Volunteers each for 4-10 Community Event ● Community Impact, people; 120 hours and ● Neighborhood Association ● Media Impact Community; for facilitator and Alumni issues ● Extended name Students member review process ● Consensus re name? ● Possible failure? 60+ hours each School Staff for three key staff ● Principal focus & Principal members; ● Staff Meetings and Focus Same? multiple staff ● Curriculum impacts meetings ● Reduced time for key priorities: immigrant students/ 300-400+ hours sanctuary protocols, translations, BSEP & SGC District Staff for designee; 200 support, district safety plans, crisis communications, etc. since January ● Cost of implementation. 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