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Board discusses naming new Artisan Lakes elementary; several trustees favor a veterans connection
Summary
The board began discussing a name for the new elementary school adjacent to a county Veterans Memorial Park and heard broad support for a name that acknowledges veterans.
The School Board of Manatee County on Oct. 31 began a naming discussion for the new elementary school being built on the Artisan Lakes parcel next to a county‑planned Veterans Memorial Park.
Kevin Chapman, district staff, briefed trustees on the site relationship: the county is planning a roughly 24‑acre Veterans Memorial Park and resource center on the adjoining parcel, while the district owns and is developing the school parcel immediately adjacent. Chapman said the county will control the park naming process but staff sought board direction on whether to align the school name with the memorial.
Board members broadly favored a name with an explicit veterans connection. One trustee said she is "the…
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