rendering of new school

The School Board of Manatee County is now accepting name nominations for a new East County K-8 school currently under construction east of Uihlein Road, just south of State Road 64. 

The new school, initially being built to house 1,620 students, is scheduled to open in August 2025.

digital rendering of new school

School name nominations must include the person’s name who is submitting the name nomination, and their email address, phone number or both. 

School name nominations can be submitted in the following ways:

  1. Email

    nominations

     to: communications@manateeschools.net

     2. Mail nominations to:

The School District of Manatee County

PO Box 9069

Bradenton, FL 34206-9069

     3. Personally deliver nominations to:

Miller School Support Center

215 Manatee Avenue West in Bradenton


Name nominations for the East County K-8 school will be accepted from Wednesday, August 28, 2024, through Friday, September 27, 2024.

You can look for information about the school naming process on the home page of the school district’s website at www.manateeschools.net, under “District Top Stories.”