The School District of Manatee County is now accepting name nominations for a new “East County Middle School” scheduled to open in August 2019. The construction process is just beginning on the new school, which will be located just east of Gullett Elementary School. Gullet Elementary is located at 12125 44th Ave. E. The District’s Communications, Family and Community Engagement Department is collecting name nominations. The deadline to submit nominations is Wednesday, January 31, 2018. Name nominations may be submitted by email to the following address: communications@manateeschools.net. They can also be mailed or delivered in person to the School Support Center at: New Middle School Name Nomination, School District of Manatee County, 215 Manatee Ave. W, Bradenton, FL 34205. Once the name nomination period expires, the list of names submitted will be sent to the School Board for review. The School Board will publicly discuss and consider the name nominations and then make the final decision on a name at a regularly scheduled School Board meeting.

School District of Manatee County