Rename Chavez Elementary School in Madison After Street and Move On

Rename Chavez Elementary School in Madison after street and move on

It appears that Chavez Elementary School in Madison is going to be renamed, and the Madison School Board will form a committee and pursue public input to do so.

MMSD seeks community input in renaming César Chávez Elementary School

The renaming comes after Chávez, who died in 1993, was posthumously accused of sexual assault of multiple girls and women in the 1960s and 1970s.

Madison will rename César Chávez Elementary School

The Madison Metropolitan School District’s (MMSD) Board of Education unanimously voted to begin the community naming process for César Chávez Elementary School. The decision comes after the New York Times published allegations that Chávez, the renowned leader of the migrant workers’ rights movement, had sexually assaulted and abused dozens of women and girls. The window for community members to submit naming proposals opens Wednesday, April 29, …