In 2018, the Board created a task force to study the names of schools within the SFUSD in the wake of Charlottesville car attack. The 12-person committee, chaired by a first grade teacher and activist Jeremiah Jeffries, was assembled in 2020 and recommended 44 names that met the criteria of being associated with the European colonization of the Americas, slavery in the United States, exploitation, racism, or abuse for renaming. Early estimates priced the entire process to at least . By a 6 to 1 vote on January 26, 2021, the Board approved the entire list, which included all schools named after U.S. presidents and founding fathers, and asked schools to submit replacement names up until April 2021. Commissioner Mark Sanchez, stated that although he did not anticipate all 44 schools to be renamed, those on the list "should be prepared." The decision drew criticism in the national press and was covered internationally.