Orange County Finalizes Process for Renaming Hillsborough Schools
Orange County Schools has finalized the process for renaming Cameron Park Elementary and C.W. Stanford Middle schools in Hillsborough.
The schools’ respective principals will lead the community process for the name changes with district staff, residents, parents and students serving on separate renaming committees. The district said it hopes to have the schools renamed in time for the next school year, with the vote for the final name and renaming ceremony happening in the summer.
The school board voted in February to change the names of Cameron Park Elementary and C.W. Stanford Middle, which comes as the district strives to improve how it addresses racial inequities, intolerance and academic disparities. A 14-step strategy was outlined in a recent school board policy among the steps being an initiative to “review the names of buildings in our district to examine their origin and compliance.”
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Last year, Orange County canceled in-person graduations at all 20 of its high schools because of the coronavirus pandemic.Superintendent Barbara Jenkins announced there would be in-person graduations for the 2021 school year. We are quite encouraged that we can have all our graduation ceremonies all in-person with social distancing and with face masks at the (Amway Center), Jenkins said.The ceremonies will be held in-person at the Amway Center. Seniors at Edgewater High were surprised and thrilled at the news. We don t want to have it behind a screen or on a presentation but with our moms and stuff like that, Keshan Swain said. It means a lot. It means a lot, a lot. Jenkins told the school board the county s health officer, Dr. Raul Pino said in-person commencements can be safely planned. Graduates and guests will need to wear face masks and maintain distance from each other.In front of the Amway Center, there are markers to remind people to stand six feet apart. School off
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