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Guilford County Board of Education
Regular Meeting
June 25, 2009

To:	Members, Board of Education
From:	Maurice O. Green, Superintendent Nora Carr, Chief of Staff
Date:	June 23, 2009
RE:	Consideration for the Naming of the Special Education Center West (Revised)

Pursuant to our procedure on the naming of schools (FDCA-P), the Department of District Relations is collecting input from our citizens regarding the appropriate name for the Special Education Center West.

The following names have been nominated by the community:

"Keller-Sullivan Learning Center” – named for Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan
“Bennie Lee Inman Education Center” – named for Mrs. Bennie Lee, the director of the Greensboro Cerebral Palsy School from 1950 until 1993
“Christopher Reeve Education Center” – named for actor Christopher Reeve
“Meredith Leigh Haynes Education Center” – named for the daughter of the family from whom the land was purchased; she attended Gateway Education Center

In keeping with the procedure, the materials (pending board approval) presented to the Department of District Relations will be posted on the district Web site for a 30-day public comment period beginning June 26.

RECOMMENDATION: The administration recommends the board study the proposed names and open a period of public comment in order to see approval of the nominations.

Attachments - See the links above to view the supporting documents for each nomination.

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