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Boulder High School To Be Renamed Barack Obama High School?

by elpresidente | 11:28 am, February 12, 2009 | 5 Comments

**Update 6: Welcome Hot Air readers!

**Update 5: Video update on withdrawal of name-change petition

**Update 4: BO no go at Boulder High–Student Council says “No You Can’t”:

The leader of a group of students who has proposed changing the name of Boulder High School to Barack Obama High School said this afternoon the group is backing off the plan.

Ben Raderstorf is president of the Student Worker Club, the 12-member group behind the attempted change.

He had called a news conference for 3:30 today, but he said this afternoon that he plans to announce an end to the effort because of a lack of support.

Earlier today the Boulder High Student Council released a statement saying “the majority of the student body is in favor of keeping the name, Boulder High School.”

“We are glad that Boulder High students feel comfortable expressing their opinions,” the statement said, “but we are proud of our school and feel that a name change would diminish the lengthy and rich history of our school.”

**Update 3:Boulder High School students not garnering much support from commenters or online polls

**Update 2: (video removed)

**Update–Students explain the desired change:

“It’s not so much about him, but honoring the steps we’ve made and how much more progressive our country has become now that he’s president,” said Ben Raderstorf, 16, a Boulder High junior. “He is everything we would like to reflect. In honoring him, we can inspire and bring together our community.”

Raderstorf is with the Boulder High-based student activist club, Student Worker, which in 2007 launched a protest against the Pledge of Allegiance and rewrote the words. The group is planning to host a news conference at the school at 3:30 p.m. Thursday to announce their proposal to change the school’s name.

Raderstorf said he expects a big turnout.

“We think it will be accepted by almost everyone,” he said.

The principal at Boulder HS isn’t so sanguine, and rejects the name change for a variety of reasons:

“Boulder High is the oldest accredited high school in the state of Colorado — it’s an institution,” Jenkins said. “Of all the things in the world that need to be changed, Boulder High’s name is way down on the list.”

Jenkins said he thinks the students will find the process of changing a school’s name “laborious,” and doesn’t see the proposal going anywhere.

“And, with all due respect to the president, typically you don’t name buildings after sitting presidents,” he said.

Jenkins said thousands of people have graduated from Boulder High School, and it has a rich history that doesn’t need an asterisk.

“It’s the flagship of the school district,” he said. “It’s Boulder High School, and I’m damn proud of it.”

A visit from the Obamamessiah’s local goon squad, youth division, should be expected.

The young Marxist continues:

Raderstorf said he expects some people, at first, to think the change is “out there.” But, Raderstorf said, Obama “is the president now,” and lots of schools have been named after presidents.

“This is no different than naming a school after Lincoln or Washington or Roosevelt,” he said. “There’s an Eisenhower Elementary here in Boulder.”

Hey genius, are any of the others sitting presidents? Or have you spent more time in history class learning trendy social theories and lessons of the oppressed from the likes of Zinn?

Either way, “extraordinary circumstances” would be required to ultimately change the name by the Board of Education.


Boulder High School Marxist student group wants to change the name of their school to Barack Obama High School.

His sky-high approval ratings are dropping like a rock from the transition period levels, but students in Boulder, Colorado still hold the new President in high esteem:

BOULDER, Colo. — A student group is organizing to change the name of Boulder High School to Barack Obama High School.

The group Student Worker, a student-based activist club at Boulder High School, is planning to host a news conference at 3:30 p.m. Thursday to announce the campaign.

“We initiate this campaign in order to honor the momentous achievement of his election as an African-American, inspire the community with his ideals of unity and hope, and reflect the progressive spirit that is shared by both Barack Obama and our school environment,” the group said in a news release.

The news conference will be held at Boulder High School, Room 153, at 1604 Arapahoe Ave. The conference is open to the public.

Student Worker, eh? We’ve seen the little Marxists before . . . ah yes, the alternative pledge of allegiance:

“I pledge of allegiance to the flag and my constitutional rights with which it comes. And to the diversity, in which our nation stands, one nation, part of one planet, with liberty, freedom, choice and justice for all.”

Boulder’s Daily Camera commenters have many alternative names prepared, just in case.

Drunkablog says BOHS will be next to Lenin Junior High.

Exit question–a new name requires a new mascot. Hope’n'changers?

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  1.   Snaggle-Tooth Jones
      February 11th, 2009 @ 12:39 pm

    Student Worker, eh? We’ve seen the little Marxists before . . . ah yes, the alternative pledge of allegiance:

    “I pledge of allegiance to the flag and my constitutional rights with which it comes. And to the diversity, in which our nation stands, one nation, part of one planet, with liberty, freedom, choice and justice for all.”

    I giss th’ orijnal Pledge of Allegiance wuzzn’t socialistic enuf fir them:

    [...]

    We Confed’rate types reject the Pledge of Alligiance fir an additional reason – Bellamy’s explicit devotion t’ Unionism ‘n his statement that th’ Pledge wuz t’ be a patent rejection of secessionism. See wut my fellow blogger Caedmon sez here:

    [...]

    All-att bein’ sed, I agree with ye, El Presidente, that them liberal-lefty high school students up in Boulder are a bunch-a little goofs.

    Snaggle-Tooth Jones, the Colorado Confederatarian
    (Take the “Snaggle-Tooth Challenge” re: the anti-Lincoln articles being posted at Chronicles this week! [...] )

  2.   The Two Malcontents » Boulder High School To Be Renamed Barack Obama High School?
      February 11th, 2009 @ 2:24 pm

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  3.   Snaggle-Tooth Jones
      February 11th, 2009 @ 3:23 pm

    Well, boys, postin’ my response but removing the lanks sorta removes th’ meanin’ of it, don’t it?

    Anyone inform ye that y’all are pinheds?

    Fir anyone who’s intursted, the “missing links” are available at my comments to this blog entry over at Slapstick Politics.

  4.   Captain Arapahoe
      February 12th, 2009 @ 10:02 am

    Name Boulder High after B.O.? The idea stinks…

  5.   Shirls
      February 12th, 2009 @ 8:32 pm

    Geesh, did Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh get into the heads of a lot of people or what??? You know, a lot of our past presidents were not voted in by ALL the people, either, but we should come together as a nation and quit the little cliquish stuff the republicans are playing at.. junior high antics… they dont’ want anything to CHANGE!!! ye gads!! Can’t you see the holding back that Obama is doing when speaking about him trying to bring some Republicans (unprecendented, by the way) into his cabinet, those he consults with, confides in and thus runs the country?? and the Republicans are crying “little Marxists” bah humbug… look at history, and as my dad always told me… doesn’t matter whether you are dem or rep. when the president is elected, YOU BACK HIM! That is what our country is about, folks. I mean, we backed a LOT of jerks… look at the past 8 years, for example!!! Give this guy a chance, quit the smut and name calling… backing someone up and doing YOUR part goes a lot further than standing back, hoping he will fail (in that case, our whole country FAILS) think about it… back up your president, your representatives.. sure, let your views be known, but have your heard about FAITH? Do your part, voice your opinions, but quit the name calling and nay saying, when our new president INHEIRITED this horrible state of our economy.. HE DIDN”T CAUSE IT!! Just wanted to state my viewpoint

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