The Hopkinton Public Schools needs to name its new elementary school, the replacement to the Elmwood School, and they are inviting the community to provide input.
The Hopkinton School Committee has outlined a detailed policy for how it names schools. Notably, While the School Committee exercises caution about naming a facility after a person, if a facility, space, or event is to be named after a person, living or deceased, the following criteria should serve as a guide in the selection of a person(s) to be honored:
- The person(s) should have made a significant contribution to the educational community of Hopkinton as evidenced by contributions such as dedicated service to children and/or persistent efforts to generate and sustain an effective educational system for all students.
- The person(s) must be deemed by the Committee to be worthy of the honor displaying attributes that may include, but are not limited to the following:
- Leadership with a desire to make a difference
- Citizenship that models duties and obligations
- Service locally, nationally, or globally
- Exceptional character and reputation
- Excellent standards of ethics
The Elmwood School replacement building will be a grade 2-4 school situated next to the Marathon Elementary School on Hayden Rowe Street.
There are two opportunities at regular School Committee meetings for community members to share suggestions for the name of the new building.
- Thursday, February 1, 7:00 PM @ HCAM studios – 77 Main Street, Hopkinton
- Thursday, February 15, 7:00 PM @ HCAM studios – 77 Main Street, Hopkinton
Residents may also share their suggestions with Superintendent of Schools Carol Cavanaugh by email at ccavanaugh@hopkinton.k12.ma.us or Georgette Wagar at gwagar@hopkinton.k12.ma.us.
The official naming of the Elmwood replacement school will take place at the School Committee meeting on March 14, 2024.
For more information on the process, interested citizens are encouraged to reach out to the Superintendent’s Office.
In fact, the victim was 28 years old when she first disclosed allegations that Brennan concluded amounted to Indecent Assault and Battery.
Exactly. 14 or 15 years after the alleged incident and oh and btw he told me he had “no use for me.” Did she tell someone else at that time? Anything that cooberates her story?
Ahhh, prescient so it appears. 😱
I suggest ‘The Jane Doe School’ after the young woman we failed at 14, and that we fail still again, now.
How about “Charles River Elementary”, since the new school will be located adjacent to the headwaters of the Charles River?
How about naming it: “Big-bucks-on-backs” big bucks on the backs of seniors citizens in town.