Daniel Boone Elementary School to ax ‘historically egregious’ namesake

Published March 22, 2022 12:00am ET



Daniel Boone Elementary School is scrapping its frontiersman namesake, opting to replace the name after nearly a hundred years of operating.

The school renaming process is underway after Chicago Public Schools’ Office of Equity ruled that Daniel Boone was a “historically egregious figure” —part of a districtwide initiative to replace mascots tied to slavery, racism, and misogyny, as reported by the Chicago Tribune.

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