I would like to personally thank the hard work of the members of our Naming Committee who recently recommended two names to our Board of Education last Wednesday. Like the new schools that opened before us, we followed Fulton County School Board Policy FDC – Naming of Facilities – to ensure we had representation from the communities we will serve. The naming committee was made up of 24 parents and students that represent our new school’s attendance zone as well as representatives from the historical society and the Milton City Council. Committee members worked with their communities to be sure that their input was received and shared back with the committee at-large.
It is important to understand that the committee’s recommendations were recommendations and no action will be taken for at least one month while the school board hears from the community and gets feedback. The Fulton County Board of Education is scheduled to vote on our high school’s official name on November 15. Here are two names that the committee recommended to our school board:
Cambridge High School
The committee felt it was important to select a name for our new school that
honors the history of the area and at the same time would be inclusive and
unifying for the students in the newly created attendance zone. The name
"Cambridge" has prestige, but it also has a deeper meaning for our school. The "C" in Cambridge is in honor of the Cogburn family, the original owners
of the school site. The "A" represents the students coming from Alpharetta
High School; the "M" represents the students coming from Milton High School.
The "bridge" is both metaphorical and physical. It represents all of the
students coming together to form a new school community as well as
representing the 126-foot bridge on the property, a defining feature of the
school site.
Providence High School
The committee felt it was important to select a name for our new school that
honors the history of the area. The community of Providence was established around Providence Church. The main mail in Milton County ran from Roswell to Cumming and went right through the community of Providence. Providence was an agricultural community up until post World War II. Providence High School would represent the Providence Community.
