Fresno to welcome first school in US named after Sikh activist

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Fresno is simply a measurement person to being location to the archetypal simple schoolhouse successful the state to beryllium named aft a Sikh quality rights leader, according to Central Unified.

The Central Unified School District announced connected Tuesday the upcoming ribbon-cutting of Jaswant Singh Khalra Elementary School, which territory officials accidental is the archetypal simple schoolhouse successful the federation to beryllium named successful grant of a Punjabi individual.

The projected schoolhouse sanction was officially introduced during a Central Unified Board of Trustees gathering successful January.

"This lawsuit marks a historical infinitesimal successful U.S. and Punjabi-American history, celebrating inclusion
and representation, on with the enduring values of courage, justice, and education. It reflects
Central Unified’s committedness to honoring divers voices and uplifting assemblage heroes who
inspire aboriginal generations," wrote the district.

When the sanction was announced successful January, Board President Naindeep Singh Chann said Khalra was a slope manager successful Punjab who recorded implicit 200 disappearances from his section area.

Chann says Khalra recovered grounds that the radical who disappeared were illegally cremated and killed by the police, and the constabulary did not notify their families. After that, helium became a quality rights activist, who was aboriginal killed by the authorities helium was trying to expose.

The caller schoolhouse volition beryllium located astatine 4061 W. Fountain Way Ave.