Fontana Unified Renames School to Honor O’Day Short, Black Family Killed in 1945 Racially Motivated Arson
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Fontana Unified Renames School to Honor O’Day Short, Black Family Killed in 1945 Racially Motivated Arson
On August 5, Fontana Unified School District held a powerful and emotional renaming ceremony, officially changing the name of Randall Pepper Elementary School to O’Day Short Elementary School, honoring a Black family whose lives were stolen in one of Fontana’s darkest chapters. The renaming marks a historic shift for the district as it prepares to welcome more than 30,000 students back for the 2025-26 school year on August 6. For the first time,…
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