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Planning committees recommend naming new North End school Barnum Elementary
Summary
The Town of Cheshire planning committees voted to recommend to the full Town Council that the new North End Elementary School be named Barnum Elementary in honor of Colonel Harvey C. Barnum. The recommendation passed unanimously of those present and will be considered by the full council at a special meeting the following day.
Planning committee members for the Town of Cheshire recommended naming the new North End Elementary School “Barnum Elementary” in honor of Colonel Harvey C. Barnum.
The joint planning committees of the Board of Education and the Town Council voted to forward the recommendation to the full Town Council; the motion passed unanimously of those present. The council is scheduled to take up the matter at a special meeting the following day.
The committees said the naming followed a multi-step public nomination and scoring process. Committee members reported that 16 people comprise the combined Board of Education and Town Council membership and that 13 of the 16 participated in the prior voting process to narrow nominations. The six names that were considered in that scoring round were Barnum, Papandrea, Schaefer,…
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