Boerne school officials hope to have a name selected by mid-August for their next elementary school, set to open for the 2024-25 school year.
Currently known as “Elementary No. 8,” the school in the Scenic Loop Road-Corley Road vicinity was the topic of a July 17 Boerne Independent School District facility naming committee meeting.
Bryan Benway, BISD director of communications, said the committee will work to narrow recommendations down to a list of three options to bring to Boerne board trustees for their consideration, with the Aug. 21 meeting as a target date.
The naming committee, composed of two campus employees and two BISD residents, will take nominations from the public through July 25.
Benway said the district will post a link to the recommendation form on its website and reach out through various forms of social media. He said a questionnaire will go out via email.
Construction on the school started in January 2023 with an estimated completion date of July 2024, in time to open for the 2024-25 school year. The school was part of the $165.64 million bond issue approved by voters in May 2022.
Benway cited the criteria in place for naming district facilities. They include: * Each nominee shall have made a significant contribution to society and/ or education, and his or her name shall lend prestige and status to an institution of learning.
* Facilities may be named for any local, state, or national heroic figure; local residential or geographic areas; or state or national landmarks.
* People being honored by a campus nomination/ name must be deceased; but facilities elsewhere in the district (non-school campuses) can be named for a living person.
* Facilities to be named shall be separate structures or campuses, and identifiable existing facilities and campuses shall not be fragmented by renaming portions of those structures or campuses.
The school is built for a capacity of 800 students and will serve the southern portion of the district near Corley Farms, with other elementary schools seeing relief in their enrollment as well, Benway added.
The school’s principal will be selected in the next few months, he said, with the classroom teachers being hired in spring and summer of 2024.
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