FACILITIES NAMING COMMITTEE SEEKS INPUT

The Richland One Board of School Commissioners has appointed a committee to study a request to name the Hopkins Middle School auditorium the U.R. Barber Auditorium.

Ulysses R. Barber, who died in 2004, was a lifelong resident of the Hopkins community and served as teaching principal at the Hopkins School from 1940-1953.

The committee is seeking public input on the proposal. If you’d like to share your opinion with the committee, please prepare a written statement and mail it to: The Ad Hoc Committee on Naming Facilities, 1616 Richland Street, Room 211, Columbia, SC 29201.

You also may send your comments by fax to Mrs. Isreal Tyler at (803) 231-7560 or via e-mail to ityler@richlandone.org.

Please note that the deadline for written responses is February 28, 2007.