Within Burbank schools, April will now be recognized as the Armenian Genocide of 1915 Commemoration Month, following a resolution that school board member Armond Aghakhanian introduced last week, Los Angeles Times reports.

The Burbank school board passed the item with a 3-2 vote, after hearing multiple students and adults encourage its passage on April 21, a few days ahead of April 24, which marked 101 years since the beginning of the Genocide.

"It is a cold hard fact that history not remembered is history repeated," said Mike Dermendjian, a junior at John Burroughs High School.

Aghakhanian reminded fellow members that the resolution "is about showing everyone that as Burbankians, we do care about the Armenian Genocide, thus claiming this month to be the month of commemoration," he said, according to LA Times.

After the board members cast their votes, Burbank Unified Supt. Matt Hill recalled recent discussions he's had during his doctorate degree program where he and others have discussed who gets to write history.

"One thing that has been made very clear tonight is the men, women and children who have been slaughtered do not get that privilege. "And often times, history has been written by those in positions of power," he said. "We are only stronger if we reflect on our history — the good and the bad. You have my commitment to continue to push that forward in our schools."