Tag: John Witherspoon Middle School
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Letter petition urges Princeton Middle School to be named for Shirley Satterfield
Princeton school district officials, who thought they had resolved the issue of a new name for the district’s grades 6-8 middle school, have come under fire for choosing the “wrong” name. The former John Witherspoon Middle School, which was renamed the Princeton Middle School effective last month, should have been named the Shirley Satterfield Middle…
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New name chosen for Princeton school, but debate ensues
After months of discussion and study, Princeton school district officials have settled on Princeton Middle School as the new name for the grades 6-8 school formerly known as the John Witherspoon Middle School. The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education voted 7-1 on the new name at its June 15 meeting. School board member Dan…
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Renaming of Princeton Unified Middle School will be discussed May 25
Should the Princeton Unified Middle School keep its name, or should it be known as the Walnut Lane Middle School, the Princeton Community Middle School, the Princeton Public Middle School or just the plain old Princeton Middle School? Princeton residents will get a chance to weigh in on a new name for the grades 6-8…
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Princeton residents can choose from 10 options to rename Witherspoon school
Should the former John Witherspoon Middle School be renamed the Elizabeth Stockton Middle School? How about the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Nation Middle School, the Shirley Satterfield Middle School or just plain old Princeton Community School? Those are among the 10 names being batted around in a quest to rename the grades 6-8 middle school on Walnut…
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LOOSE ENDS 3/19: Middle school renaming
By Pam Hersh I was supposed to write about COVID’s one-year anniversary, an event that received an overwhelming amount of attention all over the world. The media coverage yielded no wishes for many happy returns, only prayers for never, ever returning. My brain refused to cooperate. It was numbed by words I never want to…
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Opinion: Names of schools should be carefully selected
I read, with great interest, the article about renaming John Witherspoon Middle School (JWMS) and the Letter to the Editor on the same subject submitted by Thomas H. Pyle (Princeton Packet, Sept. 4). There were plenty of good and valid points cited for both sides of the discussion. I agree with both the decision to…
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Committee will decide on name change for former John Witherspoon Middle School
True to their word, Princeton public school district officials are creating a committee to consider a new name for the former John Witherspoon Middle School – now known as the Princeton Unified Middle School. The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education agreed to change the name of the John Witherspoon Middle School at its Aug.…
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Witherspoon removed from middle school name; Princeton Unified Middle School will replace name until new one selected by next year
Princeton Public Schools officials have agreed to change the name of the John Witherspoon Middle School, five weeks after a Princeton High School alumnus began circulating an online petition seeking the name change. The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education voted to drop John Witherspoon from the grades 6-8 middle school on Walnut Lane at…
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Community members debate if, how to rename John Witherspoon Middle School
John Witherspoon’s name will likely be taken off the John Witherspoon Middle School on Walnut Lane, but what name will replace it? There was no shortage of suggestions at the Princeton school board’s Policy Committee virtual meeting July 23. The names ranged from Betsey Stockton, who founded the first school to teach Black children in…