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District clarifies renaming policy to formalize community survey and board discretion

Madison Metropolitan School District Operations Work Group · February 10, 2026
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Summary

The board approved clarifying edits to naming/renaming policies: definition of 'school community', survey process for gauging local consensus, and explicit board authority to accept or decline renaming recommendations; staff will return with refined language.

At the Feb. 9 second reading, staff presented clarifying revisions to MMSD’s facility naming and renaming policy. The changes added a definition of "school community" (staff, students, parents and guardians), called for a community survey to gauge consensus after the board receives a renaming request, and clarified that the board…

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