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Alumni group recommends carrying historic school names into new North Attleborough building
Summary
District staff and alumni discussed how to handle memorials and building namings during a transition to a new school building; the alumni association recommended carrying named spaces forward and suggested relocating smaller memorials or recording honorees on a plaque.
A staff member for North Attleborough Public Schools said the district has spent about a year debating how to handle existing memorials, dedications and facility namings as it prepares to move into a new school building and that the decision should involve the community rather than be made in isolation.
"The recommendation out of the alumni association was simply to carry everything forward," the staff member said, referring to named spaces such as the Pickering Gymnasium and the Judy Cobb Theater. The…
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