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Feb202009
« Move to name Lawrenceville school for Bartow Jenkins »
Friday, February 20, 2009 at 7:39PM
Last fall, long time Gwinnett educator and former Lawrenceville mayor Bartow Jenkins passed away. Now, Central Gwinnett friends and alumni are pushing to have a planned Lawrenceville elementary school named after the former Black Knight football coach. I received the following email today from a fellow Central alum:
While Coach Jenkins was no longer at Central when I was a student there in the late 80s, if you were a Black Knight football fan, you certainly knew the name. I think this is a fantastic idea and a very deserving honor for someone who served the Gwinnett community in so many ways. Here is a link to the nomination forms mentioned above. The school in question will be located at 12 Village Way in Lawrenceville. As noted, the deadline for this is very close, so if you want to support this campaign, please act quickly!
There are several new schools opening in 2010 that need to be named. I lived in Lawrenceville while growing up and attended Central Gwinnett High School. There is an elementary school in the Central Gwinett cluster that is going through the naming process. If you were a Central Gwinnett Black Knight you knew Coach Bartow Jenkins. I know that he was also involved in other schools, but I knew him personally from Central Gwinnett. I have nominated his name to be the name for the new elementary school in the Central Gwinnett cluster. The more nominations the better chance that they will choose to name the school after Coach Jenkins. If he touched your life and you feel so inclined, you may turn in a nomination form supporting the naming of the new school in the Central Gwinnett cluster in his honor by going to the GCPS website, click on the link to "School Naming Process Begins" on the left hand side of the screen, and downloading a nomination form. Of course you may nominate whomever you choose. The deadline to turn in nominations is 2/25/09.
While Coach Jenkins was no longer at Central when I was a student there in the late 80s, if you were a Black Knight football fan, you certainly knew the name. I think this is a fantastic idea and a very deserving honor for someone who served the Gwinnett community in so many ways. Here is a link to the nomination forms mentioned above. The school in question will be located at 12 Village Way in Lawrenceville. As noted, the deadline for this is very close, so if you want to support this campaign, please act quickly!
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