{"id":3687,"date":"2013-06-11T21:38:56","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T04:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=3687"},"modified":"2013-06-11T21:38:56","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T04:38:56","slug":"least-tough-stapleton-elementary-to-open-in-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=3687","title":{"rendered":"Least Tough Stapleton Elementary to Open In Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Isabella-Bird.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Isabella-Bird-300x118.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Isabella Bird\" width=\"300\" height=\"118\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3688\" \/><\/a>When community leaders were looking to name the incoming <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/stapleton-4-school-to-officially-be-named-stapleton-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stapleton 4 school<\/a>, the biggest goal was to not sound threatening.  \u201cWe wanted a school that would give the students the feeling of being safe,\u201d said board member Shawn Creary.  \u201cWe decided that giving the school a very non-threatening name would help accomplish that.\u201d  The board looked at a series of non-threatening names, but ultimately decided on Isabella Bird Community School (IBCS).  The name beat out other frontrunners including:\n\u2022\tDandelion Elementary\n\u2022\tHuggy-Bear Community School\n\u2022\tButterfly Kisses Elementary\n\u2022\tPrincess Wishes Community School\n<!--more-->\nThe Mascot for Isabella Bird will be Rainbows &#038; Sparkles.  The school will open this fall with a temporary facility on 45th Ave., and the permanent facility will be open in the fall of 2014 at Lima and 26th.  \u201cI think the community as a whole is excited, but residents in this area are extremely pleased,\u201d said resident Matt Collins.  \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/eastbridge-neighborhood-undergoes-image-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eastbridge<\/a> residents are most certainly excited after the long wait.\u201d\nPrincipal Sue Ackerman expects the name and school philosophy will keep a positive atmosphere at the school.  When deciding on a name, the board wanted to avoid rougher sounding schools such as <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/william-roberts-elementary-to-be-renamed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Roberts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/school%E2%80%99s-gangsta-rap-themed-auction-party-huge-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Westerly Creek<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/ive-sterling-families-able-to-get-kids-into-swigert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swigert<\/a>.  \u201cNothing against those schools,\u201d said Ackerman.  \u201cBut they definitely don\u2019t welcome you into the building, and some might even say, kind of frighten you a bit.  We are trying to instill important values such as kindness, sharing, and love,\u201d said Ackerman.  \u201cOf course, we will not be impervious to trouble, however we don\u2019t think any kids will take pride in being the biggest bully at Isabella Bird.  It would be like being the WNBA MVP.  Just not a lot of pride in it.\u201d  The school is still enrolling kindergarten classes for 2013.  For more information, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/results-from-november-sun-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">isabellabird.edu<\/a>.\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-57","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}