Meeting rescheduled on “Ferlazzo” Elementary School naming

The School Naming Committee has rescheduled its second community meeting to receive name suggestions for the “Ferlazzo” Elementary School, currently under construction in Woodbridge.

The rescheduled meeting will be held:

  Tuesday, February 16, 2016, 7 p.m., at Forest Park High School in Woodbridge.

The committee will consider geographic or historical identifiers, as well as names of living or deceased person(s) who have made local, state, or national service contributions.

Residents who make a suggestion are encouraged to provide background information to aid in the selection process. Please see School Board Policy 854 and Regulation 854-1 for details.

Suggestions may also be sent to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), or to the Office of Facilities Services - School Naming Committee, P.O. Box 389, Manassas, VA 20108-0389, by January 20, 2016.

The Naming Committee is made up of School Board members William J. Deutsch, Justin David Wilk, Diane L. Raulston, and Chairman Ryan Sawyers. All four represent areas impacted by the attendance area of the new “Ferlazzo” school.

The Office of Facilities Services will facilitate the school naming process. Recommendations of the School Naming Committee are scheduled to be presented to the full School Board for information on February 3, 2016, and for action on February 17, 2016.

Currently referred to as “Ferlazzo” Elementary School for planning purposes, the new school is scheduled to open in August 2016. It is being constructed to accommodate existing and ongoing residential development in eastern Prince William County. Attendance boundaries for the new school were approved on January 20, 2016.