Weber Board of Education selects names for two new elementary schools
Director of Facilities Scott Zellmer said the Weber School District's two new elementary schools will have a traditional exterior, as seen here in a rendering by MHTN Architects.
The back of the two new elementary schools, pictured here, will face a playground.
The floor plan for the two new Weber School District elementary schools will be similar but the location in the Remuda neighborhood will have an addition for special education students.
The inside of the two new Weber School District elementary schools will feature learning stairs, pictured here in a rendering by MHTN Architects.
The majority of the two new elementary schools being built in the Weber School District will have two levels.
The elementary school in Pleasant View will cost $21.6 to build and the school in the Remuda neighborhood will cost about $24 million.
The Weber School District's two new elementary schools will feature collaborative learning spaces and are going to open in fall 2019.
Two new Weber district elementary schools — one in Farr West and the other in Pleasant View — now have names.
The school in Farr West will be named Silver Ridge Elementary, chosen “because of the beautiful views from the school of the Wasatch Mountains to the east and the Promontory Mountains to the west, and how the mountain ridges can sometimes appear silver in color,” according to a Weber School District Facebook post.
Orchard Springs Elementary is the name of the new school in Pleasant View, which stands on land that was once used to grow orchards.
Members of the Weber Board of Education selected the names at their March 6 board meeting from submissions based on “input from students, parents, and the community,” according to a district Facebook posts about both schools.
The design of the two schools is the same, though Silver Ridge Elementary will have one additional wing.
This wing will be used for special education students from surrounding schools, who will attend school at the Silver Ridge building after the school opens.
Administrators were chosen for the schools about a month prior to the names being selected. Mary Jo Williams, currently principal at Midland Elementary, will be the principal of Orchard Springs. Brian Anderson, currently principal at Pioneer Elementary, will be the principal of Silver Ridge, said Lane Findlay, spokesperson for the district, in an email.
Both administrators worked with their new school communities to generate ideas for school names, Findlay said.
Both schools will open in fall 2019.
