By BETH REESE CRAVEY / beth.cravey@myclaysun.com
Clay County’s seventh public high school is in need of a name.
The School Board is expected to seek public input on the name of the school, which is to open in 2010 in the OakLeaf area.
Tonight, the board is to receive engineering plans and specifications for the school and a list of potential names proposed by school district staff. Board members are expected to seek public input on those names and seek alternative suggestions as well, as they did for two recently named elementary schools.
The high school may be the first of its kind in Clay County — a three-story school — and is expected to cost at least $45 million. The school will be located at Branan Field Road and Plantation Oaks Boulevard, adjacent to The OakLeaf School, a kindergarten-eighth grade complex that eventually will be a standalone junior high.
At 263,000 square feet, the high school will house about 1,680 students and possibly an aviation academy. Construction is expected to be underway in July 2008, with the school to open in August 2010.
The board meeting tonight is 7 p.m. at the Teacher Training Center, Fleming Island High, 2233 Village Square Parkway, Orange Park.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
District staffers have proposed the following names for the OakLeaf area high school: North, North Central, OakLeaf, Branan, Branan Field, Argyle and Federal Hill. To comment on these or make another suggestion, e-mail Mike Elliott, assistant superintendent for support services, at melliott@mail.clay.k12.fl.us.
