Presidential school name may be out From: Oakland Tribune | Date: May 5, 2005| Author: Kristin Bender, STAFF WRITER | Copyright 2005 Oakland Tribune. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

BERKELEY -- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School could be renamed Sequoia Elementary School, which isn't likely to offend anyone, unless they don't like evergreen trees.

Sequoia topped the list of eight alternative names that teachers, parents and about 300 students chose Tuesday night, capping a two- year quest to change the school's name because Jefferson was a slave owner.

"I think it's difficult to ask people to accept someone as a hero who enslaved their ancestors," said Mar...

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