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Board Unanimously Renames School of the Arts for Ruth Asawa

San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education · February 23, 2010
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The San Francisco Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution Feb. 23 to rename the San Francisco School of the Arts in honor of artist and educator Ruth Asawa, suspending the usual policy against naming a school for a living person in this case.

The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously Feb. 23 to rename the San Francisco School of the Arts for artist and arts‑education advocate Ruth Asawa.

Commissioner Wins read a resolution praising Asawa’s decadeslong contributions to arts education, including founding the Alvarado Arts Workshop and helping establish the School of the Arts. The resolution notes…

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