Long Beach Unified has removed all public references to César Chavez at the elementary school named for him, after pressure from parents and school board members to rename the campus following revelations that the labor activist had sexually abused girls and women.
The district recently took down the front entrance sign, and the board of education is expected to reconstitute an advisory committee on renaming this summer, according to Elvia Cano, a spokesperson for the district. The committee, district and members of the Chavez community will then work together to recommend a new school name, Cano said in a statement.
LBUSD has already taken action, removing murals depicting Chavez from the surfaces around the school in March. In April, a parent addressed the school board, urging the district to move faster in its renaming process, as other districts have done after news about Chavez broke, she said.
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Chavez will not be the only school up for renaming. Hoover Middle School, which will reopen in 2027 as the dedicated site for the district’s dual immersion middle school program, will receive a new name that better reflects the bilingual program, Cano said…