The San Francisco Unified School District suspended its plan to rename 44 schools that a board-appointed panel had claimed to bear the names of historical figures who propagated racism, sexism, and genocide.

The district board of education’s 6-0 vote Tuesday that paused the renaming effort is a rescission of a resolution it passed in January to approve the panel’s list of schools for renaming, including those named after former Presidents Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Herbert Hoover.

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