Recommended Names For New Schools Approved

Omaha NE

07 April, 2021

3:31 AM

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Press release from the Omaha Public Schools: April 6, 2021 Our District is excited to announce the names for our two new elementary schools and two new high schools scheduled to open in the coming years. The approved names are: Ft. Crook and Childs Road - Forest Station Elementary 10th and Pine Street - Pine Elementary 156 & Ida Street - Westview High School 60th & L Street - Buena Vista High School A committee representing each school's incoming students and families worked with district staff and school leadership in a series of meetings to brainstorm and recommend a name and mascot for each new school. A recommended name for the 42nd & Y middle school will be brought to the board at a later date. These recommendations were presented to the Board of Education on Monday, April 5 at 6:30 p.m. and approved at that meeting. Click to see the board presentation for more details about the names, colors and mascots for each of the schools. This press release was produced by the Omaha Public Schools. The views expressed are the author's own.