The School Board of Manatee County is accepting name nominations for a new East County K-8 school through Friday, September 27, 2024. The school is currently under construction east of Uihlein Road, approximately a quarter of a mile south of S.R. 64. It's scheduled to open in August 2025. School name nominations must include the person’s name who is submitting the name nomination, and their email address, phone number or both. You can look for information about the school naming process on the home page of the school district’s website at www.manateeschools.net, under “District Top Stories.” School name nominations can be submitted in the following ways: Email nominations to: communications@manateeschools.net. Mail nominations to: The School District of Manatee County, PO Box 9069, Bradenton, FL 34206-9069. Personally deliver nominations to: Miller School Support Center, 215 Manatee Ave. W., in Bradenton. Name nominations for the East County K-8 school will be accepted through Friday, September 27, 2024. Nominations have been accepted since August 28, 2024. The School Board will publish the list of the name nominations submitted on its district website on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. The School Board will then discuss the list of names at a regularly scheduled School Board meeting on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, where a list of finalists will be selected. The School Board is scheduled to select the name of the new K-8 school at its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. Public comment on the name nominations is welcomed at all School Board meetings and workshops in September and October, 2024.