The name of Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo was changed last year to High School 1327 while school officials decide on a new moniker. The 16th-century English explorer is thought to have arrived on Marin’s coast during a voyage around the world.ĭrakes Beach and Drakes Bay, near where some historians believe his expedition made landfall in West Marin, are also named after the explorer. ![]() Some who favor keeping the name argue that Drake’s participation in slave trading isn’t what he is commemorated for. Fairfax to change Sir Francis Drake Boulevard name
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