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Pickens board approves 'Gateway to Innovation' name for Envision Pickens and directs committee to include Dr. Mendel H. Stewart in campus naming
Summary
The Pickens County School District board accepted the Envision Pickens naming committee's recommendation to call the former Pickens Annex the "Gateway to Innovation" and voted to have the naming committee return with official campus wording that includes former superintendent Dr. Mendel H. Stewart.
The Pickens County School District Board of Trustees voted to name the former Pickens Annex the "Gateway to Innovation" and directed the district naming committee to return with final campus wording that will include former superintendent Dr. Mendel H. Stewart.
The recommendation came from Tim Johnson, speaking for the Envision Pickens naming committee, who told the board the committee solicited public suggestions and narrowed more than 140 entries to a final recommendation. "Our recommendation is that this building be known as the Gateway to Innovation," Johnson said.
Why it matters: The board's action…
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