Residents are voting on a list of six possible names for the new combined Owen Sound elementary school.
The facility will open in the fall of 2017 at the former OSCVI school.
People can choose from East Escarpment, East Ridge, East Union, Eastview, Elizabeth Laird, or Tom Thomson Community School.
Elizabeth Laird was a respected professor, physicist and radar expert who was born in Owen Sound.
She became one of Canada's most notable scientists, despite battling gender discrimination. For more information, see: http://secretsofradar.com/news/2013/3/8/dr-elizabeth-rebecca-laird
Thomson grew up in Leith and became one of Canada's most influential painters. He died under mysterious circumstances in Algonquin Park in 1917. For more information, see: http://tomthomson.org/tom-thomson/Each of the six choices ends with community School
The new location merges the former Bayview and Sydenham schools and will include both French and English classes.
You can vote for your choice here.
