Renaming of Junipero Serra High School in San Diego prompts lawsuit: 'Cancel culture mentality'

A group claiming the San Diego Unified School District’s unanimous board vote in March to rename Junipero Serra High School was unlawful plans to file a lawsuit on Wednesday.

The board held the vote after students at the school petitioned to have Serra’s name removed because of his treatment of Native Americans, according to FOX 5 in San Diego. 

In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs seek to stop the process and have the district start over so the community can give more input. 

"This is another example of the ‘cancel culture’ mentality that radical leftist people in education are trying to force on an unwilling American public," attorney Charles LiMandri, whose law firm is involved in the lawsuit said, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. "Father Serra was a great defender of the indigenous people of California, and he deserves our best efforts to defend his legacy."