New school gets a name

The new school currently under construction in Castleton has a name.

The Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board announced at 8:02 this evening that the new school will be called Northumberland Hills Public School.

The text of the board press release is below -

BOARD APPROVES NEW NAME FOR CRAMAHE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL

At the last Board meeting of 2009, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board Trustees tonight approved a name for a new public school in Cramahe Township.

Cramahe Township Elementary School

Acting upon the recommendation of a joint community-board Ad Hoc School Naming Committee, Trustees tonight approved Northumberland Hills Public School, as the name for a new school being built on the site of the current Castleton Public School in Cramahe Township. The new school will serve students within the current boundaries of Castleton and South Cramahe public schools.

“I understand that this was a consensus decision by the committee even though there were a number of submissions worthy of consideration,” says Diane Lloyd, Chairperson of the Board. “We would like to thank all those who participated in the process, and we look forward to opening Northumberland Hills Public School, a new modern facility, for Cramahe Township students.”

As required by board policy, a school naming committee including Trustees, parent, student, community and staff representatives, was established to consider the 49 names submitted for consideration. The committee established a short list of preferred names, and recommended Northumberland Hills Public School to the Board for approval.

Board policy favours names based on people who have made positive contributions to society; the current or historical areas served by the school; the street on which the school will be located; and the diversity of the school communities served.