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Renaming committee narrows General Smallwood Middle School options; board asks for more historically rooted alternatives
Summary
A renaming committee recommended geographic names (Potomac Ridge, West Side, West Charles). The board asked the committee to revisit its 41-name submission list and return with three additional, including historically rooted person-name options, for April consideration.
The renaming committee for General Smallwood Middle School recommended three geographic name options—Potomac Ridge Middle School, West Side Middle School and West Charles Middle School—at a board presentation on March 11, and the Board of Education asked the committee to revisit its submitted list to return with additional options by late March.
Committee chair Jenica Urban and principal Orlina Wadley told the board the committee considered 41 submissions (27 people, 11 place names, 3 other suggestions), did background research and decided to emphasize geographic names because the…
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