The Pasco school district wants to give its new, state-mandated virtual school a name that makes clear it's a real school and not just some Internet portal somewhere. It received 10 suggestions — way fewer than the number it usually gets when it asks for naming recommendations — and plans to choose one Tuesday.
The proposed names are:
- PAVE - Pasco Virtual Education
- Virtual School for All Ages
- Dr. Vinton G. Cerf
- Endeavor Virtual School
- VIP - Virtual Instruction Program
- VIPS - Virtual Instruction of Pasco Schools
- Looking Glass Virtual School
- PVC - Pasco Virtual Center
- eSchool
- Pasco-WISE - Web-Integrated Scholastic Environment
- Pasco Pupil Portal
- Cyber School
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Alice is already known as an educational programming language. A looking glass is already known as a diagnostic portal for network operations and using either name would cause some degree of confusion. However, Dr. Vinton G. Cerf is already known as the father of the Internet and naming this endeavor in his honor is a fitting tribute to an appropriate benefactor.
Beyond that there is one term missing from the list that would provide a more accurate description of what to expect from this new school. Telepresence. Thus the Dr. Vinton G. Cerf Telepresence Academy would be a fitting and proper name to convey a proactive stance toward the advancement of student knowledge and the establishment of technically oriented curriculum designed to prepare our students for the future we have created for them.
Posted by: Beam me up Scotty | July 04, 2009 at 11:39 AM
How about:
Pajama School
Or:
Parent I Whined At Is Doing This For Me School.
Posted by: on it | July 03, 2009 at 07:44 PM
They didn't like any of these suggestions posted on an earlier blog thread?
Virtual Day School?
Heather Fiorentino Memorial School?
Soon to be Outsourced to a Third World Call Center School?
Pakistanis at Their Kitchen Tables Faculty School? (This idea was actually touted by state officials as a benefit of virtual school - your child could be taught by a teacher at his kitchen table in Karachi!)
Who Needs Those Overpaid Slacker Teachers and Their Fancy School Buildings, Just Cut Our Taxes School?
Posted by: no, really | July 03, 2009 at 07:09 PM
Better create a new administrative position to handle the name choosing
Posted by: John | July 03, 2009 at 05:08 PM
how about Scarf Girl Virtual School?
Posted by: Pasco Teachers Union | July 03, 2009 at 02:00 PM