Wednesday, August 22, 2001
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Wednesday, August 22, 2001 |
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Committee cooks up formula for naming schools By DAVE
HAMRICK
What's in a name? Several ingredients, according to a blue ribbon committee charged with coming up with a formula for naming new schools in Fayette County. The Board of Education Monday night adopted the committee's recommended procedure for naming the three schools that are currently under construction, or about to be. Under the plan, consideration will be given to six criteria that the committee recommended, plus one that was added by the board. The superintendent will appoint a committee for each school, representing its immediate community, to recommend names. That committee will develop a list of names and narrow that list to three, and the school board will make the final pick. Consideration will be given to: Educators who have made a significant impact on the county School System. Individuals who have made significant contributions to society. Names of communities served by the school. Roads. Landmarks. Geographical location in the proximity of the school. The names of historic county schools no longer in use. That seventh criterion was suggested by school board member Marion Key, who reminded the board that Spring Hill Elementary School got its name that way. Names for facilities within schools, like libraries and gymnasiums, can be named after school district employees, who have worked five years at the school in question or ten years in the system, or for residents served by the school in question who have given ten documented years of school-related service and served on at least one school support organization. Recommendations for those names will be gathered by the administrator in charge of each school and forwarded to the superintendent for presentation to the board. The board's motion to approve the procedure included direction for Superintendent John DeCotis to begin assembling committees for the elementary school under construction on Ga. Highway 85 south, and another one planned for the Peachtree City area. A site for that school has not yet been purchased. Board members briefly discussed making the procedure a policy so it can be used for all future schools, but decided to put that decision off until later.
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