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Board names sixth‑grade facility 'Novus Center' and renames administration and wellness sites
Summary
The board voted to name the new sixth‑grade multi‑program facility the 'Novus Center', to name the Instructional Technology Center the Educational Services Building and to rename the existing ESB facility the Novi Wellness Center.
The board approved a set of facility namings and renamings after committee discussion and a community survey. The new sixth‑grade program facility will be named the Novus Center. The Instructional Technology Center will be designated the Educational Services Building (ESB), and the facility formerly known as the Educational Services Building will be renamed the Novi Wellness Center.
Administrators presented the Novus name (spelled N‑O‑V‑U‑S) as derived from the Latin for new, fresh or extraordinary and said the intention is to emphasize collaboration — replacing “I” with “us.” Trustee discussion noted community survey support for the Novus name and flagged possible short‑term confusion from renaming buildings close to one another; several trustees said signage and communications (including an announcement or article) will be used to clarify locations.
Trustee Michener moved the initial renaming language for the ESB and Michener and Mishner supported subsequent motions to designate the Novi Wellness Center and to name the sixth‑grade house Novus Center. All naming motions were approved by the board, with the Novus Center motion recorded as 7–0.
