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Shale Meadows Elementary School is the name of Olentangy Schools new school that will open in August.
The district’s school board voted to select the name during its Feb. 11 meeting.
The name was offered by board member Kevin O Brien as a compromise between Shale Hollow and Berlin Meadows, the two names preferred by the board during discussion.
Five finalists had been selected from among 125 suggestions submitted by district residents – Berlin Crossing, Berlin Meadows, Peachblow Corners, Peachblow Crossing and Shale Hollow.
The new elementary school, the district’s 16th, is under construction on 14 acres in the new Berlin Meadows development in Berlin Township, near the intersection of Peachblow Road and a planned extension of North Road. It s scheduled to open for the start of the 2021-22 school year.