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The Ravenwswood School Board last night held its first meeting to discuss removing Cesar Chavez from its middle school, and debated the merits of naming the school after a person again. The East Palo Alto school district is one of many agencies in the state grappling with renaming something meant to honor the late labor leader after it was reported that Chavez had raped
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Bloom agreed with Nunez but feels tension that if they don’t rename the school after a person, it’s as if they and sexually abused girls and women Ravenswood board member Laura don’t care about the community. during his days building a major farm- Nunez said yesterday that there is a risk Board vice president Mele Latu said worker labor rights movement in the in renaming the school after a person this is a tough time for the communi1960s in California’s agricultural heart- because everyone is flawed. The best ty, and renaming the school is a chance land. Among those who accused him name that represents all the students to revamp it to represent who they are was Dolores Huerta, who co-led the the school serves is Ravenswood Mid- now. movement that eventually became the dle School, she said. No vote was taken last night, as the United Farm Workers. Board member Jenny Varghese [See CHAVEZ, page 38]
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The Trump administration has opened investigations into how race is considered in admissions at three medical schools, including at Stanford, ratcheting up its pressure campaign against colleges and universities. The Justice Department opened the investigations Wednesday into possible discrimination at the medical schools of Stanford University, Ohio State and the University of California, San Diego. Harmeet Dhillon, the Justice Department's assistant attorney general for civil rights, announced the investigations on X. Through a series of investigations and executive actions, President Donald Trump has been ramping up scrutiny of universities he decries as [See STANFORD, page 38]
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