Anonymous
Post 02/26/2021 10:15     Subject: Vote for McK ES elementary name
^^ Also easy to spell.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2021 10:13     Subject: Vote for McK ES elementary name
Westover would have made sense.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2021 10:13     Subject: Vote for McK ES elementary name
I'm cool with the Cardinal Cardinals and it's the only name that's the same in English and Spanish.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2021 10:11     Subject: Vote for McK ES elementary name
McK used to have an artist in residence. She retired years ago and the art focus shrank. Kaleidoscope makes no sense anymore. Cardinal has a VA connection and makes sense.

Although.....would they be the Cardinal Cardinals? Hahahaha
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2021 10:09     Subject: Re:Vote for McK ES elementary name
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Heard last night that the theme or common thread among these is geography in some way. Cardinal is the mascot of the current McKinley mascot but also a compass or geographical reference. Kaleidoscope for those who don't know is the name of the current school's arts exemplary program and many at the school are pushing for that to move to the new school.

I agree these are ridiculous aspirational names for both the new Key and McKinley buildings.


But what happens if they want to change the program down the road? Tying the name of the school to a program that is theoretically changeable seems like a bad idea. And as someone else pointed out, hard for young ES kids to spell.


Yeah, Kaleidoscope is the worst of the options IMO.

I could have gotten on board with Westover Elementary.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2021 10:08     Subject: Re:Vote for McK ES elementary name
Anonymous wrote:Heard last night that the theme or common thread among these is geography in some way. Cardinal is the mascot of the current McKinley mascot but also a compass or geographical reference. Kaleidoscope for those who don't know is the name of the current school's arts exemplary program and many at the school are pushing for that to move to the new school.

I agree these are ridiculous aspirational names for both the new Key and McKinley buildings.



My kid is in 5th grade at McK and the "Kaleidoscope" program is total BS. It's just words, not an actual thing.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2021 10:05     Subject: Re:Vote for McK ES elementary name
Anonymous wrote:Heard last night that the theme or common thread among these is geography in some way. Cardinal is the mascot of the current McKinley mascot but also a compass or geographical reference. Kaleidoscope for those who don't know is the name of the current school's arts exemplary program and many at the school are pushing for that to move to the new school.

I agree these are ridiculous aspirational names for both the new Key and McKinley buildings.


But what happens if they want to change the program down the road? Tying the name of the school to a program that is theoretically changeable seems like a bad idea. And as someone else pointed out, hard for young ES kids to spell.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2021 09:08     Subject: Re:Vote for McK ES elementary name
Heard last night that the theme or common thread among these is geography in some way. Cardinal is the mascot of the current McKinley mascot but also a compass or geographical reference. Kaleidoscope for those who don't know is the name of the current school's arts exemplary program and many at the school are pushing for that to move to the new school.

I agree these are ridiculous aspirational names for both the new Key and McKinley buildings.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2021 07:26     Subject: Vote for McK ES elementary name
I like Cardinal b/c it makes the most sense as the mascot and there's a chance a person in K can spell it.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2021 07:23     Subject: Vote for McK ES elementary name
*precedent

Funny autocorrect given they are dropping McKinley
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2021 07:21     Subject: Vote for McK ES elementary name
Cardinal makes sense. Kaleidoscope also makes sense, but what a name to spell!!

The others fit with the president set by Discovery. I know it was a skip, but it was also chosen to be aspirational, but like the silly names for Key. I guess if we are dropping people names, Discovery, Innovation and Exploration are our future.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2021 07:05     Subject: Vote for McK ES elementary name
Could they have come up with worse choices?

The only one that makes sense is Cardinal since it is the school's mascot.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2021 22:25     Subject: Re:Vote for McK ES elementary name
Those are terrible. A random assortment of nouns, none of which are school names.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2021 22:23     Subject: Vote for McK ES elementary name
Omg. How awful.
Anonymous
Post 02/25/2021 22:19     Subject: Vote for McK ES elementary name
Although you can choose three, remember that if you vote once, your vote has more power.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdfunNBJnAPvTnMX0B5zI5nsCzp1umD1JU91t9MPLXaJY8J6g/viewform

(warning, these are like the Key school options so whatever you think of them, you make think of these)