On Wednesday, Chicago Public Schools and the Board of Education updated its policy on naming or renaming schools and mascots to focus on diversity and inclusion.
The district says 60% of its buildings are currently named for white men while none are named after Asian or Indigenous people.Caldwell Academy of Math and Science will become Daisy Bates Academy of Social Justice.
George B. McClellan Elementary School is now Minnie Miñ-Oso Academy and Enrico Tonti Elementary will be Mon-Arcas Academy.
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