Public asked to help name two new schools coming to Ontario region [Video]

Residents of Pickering and Ajax are being asked to help name that school – two in fact – of three that are under construction, with the Ajax public school and another school in Oshawa scheduled to open this September.

The Durham District School Board is inviting residents to participate in the naming process for the as-yet unnamed Ajax Coughlan Public School (Hurst Drive and Stannardville Drive, north of Pickering Village) and the unnamed Pickering Seaton Public School (Burkholder Drive and Azalea Avenue).

Also set to open in the fall is a high school in north Oshawa at Windfields Farm Drive and Bridle Road.

Those interested in participating in the name-those-schools campaign can submit suggestions through links at Unnamed Ajax Coughlan PS and Unnamed Pickering Seaton PS .

Submissions must be received by Monday, March 24.

The proposed name must align with the Durham District School Board’s commitment to Indigenous rights, human rights, equity, and anti-oppressive principles and practices. The …