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The new name for Putnam County's new school, Mountain View, will have some people scratching their heads. There aren't any mountains in sight.
Sure, West Virginia is called The Mountain State, but here in Putnam County, we don't have any mountains. Lots of hills, but no mountains.
PutnamLIVE.com has learned that Mountain View Elementary will be the name of the school once known generically and temporarily as Teays Valley Elementary.
The new name still must be approved by the Putnam County Board of Education, however, Principal Doug Pizer says, "It's officially unofficial." Also pending approval are the school colors, black and gold, as well as the mountain lion mascot. (None of those in sight, either).
The new name, colors, and mascot were selected by parents and students. A committee of fifth-graders, parents, and watchful administrators narrowed the choices down to three finalists.
The other two finalist names were Putnam Crossing and Central Valley. Mountain View was chosen because of the school's surroundings, Pitzer says.
"As you drive down into the school, you can see the hills in the background, and the students think of them as mountains."
District officials opted to wait until the school opened so that its first group of students and parents could make the historic choices that future students will enjoy.
"I'm very much a believer in a grass-roots movement," Pitzer says. "That's where it happens is in the classroom. We wanted our students to be part of the naming process to help them take ownership of their new school. In the coming years, we will tell new students that their peers chose the name."
The multi-million dollar Mountain View Elementary School campus was constructed by Gary Young's G & G Builders. It is alleviating overcrowding at nearby Scott Teays and West Teays Elementary schools.
Mountain View Elementary opened with 417 students in September and has space for a student body of 475.
