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Mr. Marcus Hochman, a teacher and community member, has proposed retiring the name of Andrew Jackson Middle School. The school will be conducting three public meetings to gather input. The final meeting will take place on August 24th at 5:00pm in the media center at Jackson MS. During the meetings, there will be a sign-up sheet for public speakers. This website also allows an opportunity for stakeholders to provide comments at any time by selecting the Stakeholder Comments tab above and completing the google form. Added comments will be reviewed and posted for public viewing.
Board Policy 7250 - COMMEMORATION OF SCHOOL FACILITIES The right to name schools, parent thereof, and other District facilities shall be reserved for the Board. From time-to-time, the Board may wish to commemorate a school or District facility by means of a plaque or naming the facility after a person. The Board may choose to initiate and complete the naming process through the Administrative Procedures Act. If the name is a person, the person may be living or deceased. It is encouraged that the person should have been a former District educator/administrator, local resident, or local civic leader of great prominence whose educational contributions to the District has had significant beneficial effects on the public school system and its students. However, names of inspiring national or international persons are also allowable. If the school is to be named for an individual, the name proposed should be that of an outstanding historical, civic, or educational leader, living or deceased, of local, State, or national prominence and, if living, and also an elected official, shall have left public office for a period of time not less than five (5) years. If the Board does not name the facility, the following process will commence. The Area Superintendent, with the assistance of individuals in the community and/or community organizations, if any, shall submit [the] proposed name(s) for school(s) to the Superintendent for his/her subsequent recommendation to the Board for final approval. Names for schools shall be considered in accordance with the following procedures: For the purpose of this policy, the terms "name" and "naming" shall be synonymous with "dedicate" and "dedicated".
- Names proposed shall be free from biases, prejudices, and political and religious connotations. The naming shall not discriminate because of sex, race, sexual orientation, creed, or national origin.
- If the school is to be named by its location in the community, the name proposed should be descriptive and of reasonable length.
- If the name is a person, the person may be living or deceased. It is encouraged that the person should have been a former District educator/administrator, local resident, or local civic leader of great prominence whose educational contributions to the District has had significant beneficial effects on the public school system and its students. However, names of inspiring national or international persons are also allowable.
- If the school is to be named for an individual, the name proposed should be that of an outstanding civic or educational leader, living or deceased, of local, State, or national prominence and, if living, and also an elected official, shall have left public office for a period of time not less than five (5) years.
- A "Naming" committee shall be established and shall minimally consist of the following:
- School principal of the school to be named. If the facility is not a school, the Superintendent will choose his/her designee.
- Parent representative (president or president's designee of the schools' parent organization).
- Student representatives (president or president's designee of the student council. Should a student council not exist, the student representative shall be chosen by mutual agreement of the school principal, parent group president, and the Superintendent.)
- The committee will meet and determine a schedule to invite the students from feeder schools being affected by the new school to participate in the naming of the new school facility. If the facility is not a school, then the Superintendent's designee will convene a District committee.
- The committee will submit its recommendation to the Board in writing and be available to discuss its recommendation with the Board at the Board's regularly scheduled Board meeting.
- By simple majority vote of Board members present, the Board may accept or reject the request to name the school, part there-of or other District facility.
- The name of a new or existing school, once adopted by the Board, shall be considered permanent. However, should the Board subsequently initiate, or be called upon to consider, a name change of an existing, previously named school, then in that event the Board shall allow a period of time not less than eighteen (18) months from said date for community involvement, deliberation, discussion, and debate, prior to its taking action.
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