SCHOOL BOARD OF MANATEE COUNTY ACCEPTING NAME NOMINATIONS FOR NEW EAST COUNTY K-8 SCHOOL
(Bradenton, FL – August 28, 2024) The School Board of Manatee County is accepting name nominations for a new East County K-8 school currently under construction east of Uihlein Road, approximately a quarter of a mile south of S.R. 64. The new school, initially being built to house 1,620 students, is scheduled to open in August 2025.
Name nominations are closed.
Name nominations for the new East County K-8 school were accepted from Wednesday, August 28, 2024, through Friday, September 27, 2024.
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
These East County K-8 Name Nominations were received by Friday, September 27, 2024.
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
The School Board discussed the name nominations for the new East County K-8 school at their regularly-scheduled meeting on Tuesday, October 22, 2024.
The submissions were narrowed down to these finalists (in alphabetical order):
Frankie (A.) Howze
Tim Kolbe
Lake Manatee
Liberty
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
"Lake Manatee" was approved as the name of the new East County K-8 school during the special School Board Meeting on October 29, 2024.
Policy 7250 - Commemoration of School Facilities
Please note: School names should be in alignment with Policy 7250 - Commemoration of School Facilities:
From time-to-time, the School Board may wish to commemorate a school or District facility or portion thereof by means of a plaque or naming the facility after a person. Such commemoration should be reserved only for those individuals who have made a significant contribution to the enhancement of education generally or the District in particular or to the well-being of the District, community, State, or nation.
The Superintendent shall submit proposed name(s) for school(s) to the Board for final approval. Names for schools shall be considered in accordance with the following procedures:
If the school(s) is to be named by its location in the community, the name(s) proposed should be descriptive and of reasonable length.
If the school(s) is to be named for an individual, the name(s) 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.
The name of a new or existing school(s) 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(s), then in that event the Board shall allow a period of time of not less than six (6) months from said date for community involvement, deliberation, discussion, and debate, prior to its taking action.
Any employee of the District thus honored must no longer be employed by the District for a period of time no less than five (5) years prior to the Board's selection of his/her name for a plaque or for the naming of a facility. A person may be nominated with less than five (5) years separation from the District but approval must be ratified with a super majority vote of the Board.
