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Board hears plan to rename Magna Elementary as a STEAM school; community divided over "academy" label
Summary
Magna Elementary leadership presented rebranding options and staffing plans tied to a school reconstitution and STEAM focus; the board indicated a preliminary preference for "Magna STEAM Academy" and asked staff to bring a consent item for formal action, while community members remain split over the word "academy."
Magna Elementary staff presented a rebranding plan to the Granite School District board, proposing a transition to a STEAM‑focused school and seeking the board's input on a new official name and mascot.
Ben Peters, speaking to the board, summarized survey results and community council feedback and said the top name choices from district and school surveys were "Magna STEAM Elementary," "Cypress STEAM Elementary," "Magna STEAM Academy" and similar variants. He told the board that the community council preferred keeping "Elementary" in the name but that district survey results favored the STEAM identifiers. "The intent of this rebrand is to…
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