Dr. Bertha Pendleton served as superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District from 1993 to 1998.
What was once Clay Elementary, named for a 19th-century congressional representative and slaveholder, will move forward with a new identityin Rolando stretches back more than two years. The new name chosen may be familiar to many San Diegans.With unanimous support, what used to be Henry Clay Elementary in Rolando will now be named after San Diego's first African-American and first female schools superintendent: Dr. Bertha Pendleton.
"Dr. Bertha Pendleton represents the things that we want to see in our children and in our schools,' said SDUSD school board Trustee Sharon Whitehurst Payne. "That name is not a name that we're proud to have our kids attend," said Board Trustee Richard Barrera.
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