Over twice as many names for Madison's new elementary school have been suggested compared to the initial name suggestion period earlier this year. A total of 87 names were submitted in a one month time period that ended on October 22.

The full list of suggested names is at the bottom of this article.

Now you have until December 3 to comment on them. Go to this page to provide feedback on as many of the 87 suggestions as you wish. You can also send comments to Public Information, Madison School District, 545 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53703.

The next steps in the naming of the new school involve a 13-member Board of Education-appointed Citizens Naming Committee. The Committee will review the suggestions and the comments, and can do additional research on the proposed names. By February 4, the Committee will recommend to the Board a minimum of four names.

The Board of Education will hold a public hearing during the week of February 11, and will select a name in March.

Meanwhile, construction of the new school — to be located on the far West side — continues on schedule for a September, 2008 opening. Structural walls are being built, and the building should be fully enclosed by February.

Real-time video from the construction site is available by clicking here.

In the earlier suggestion period, 41 names were submitted. Vang Pao Elementary School was selected, but the Board voted in June to re-name the school and then re-started the naming process with a revised policy.

Ancient Oaks Badger Prairie Clarence H. Beebe Amy Elizabeth Biehl Blazing Star Bong-Sijan Medal of Honor Brain Dead Madison Metropolitan School Board Memorial Far West Side Louisa Brayton Becky Buchmann Rachel Carson Carrie Chapman Catt Clark, J.W. Dr. Laurel Clark Memorial Dr. Anthony R. Curreri Hermine Sauthoff Davidson James Doty Frederick Douglass Jeffrey Erlanger William T. Evjue Thomas E. Fairchild Tony Farina Mildred Fish-Harnack Forward Elementary Betty Franklin-Hammonds Future Bright Frank J. Gambino Mahatma Gandhi Glacier's Edge Joseph Goodrich Roger A. Gribble Cordelia Harvey Elroy Hirsch "Crazylegs" Hmong-American Unity Hmong Freedom Honeylands Honor Striving Alice Hough Rachael Hugo Don Hunt Imagine Steve Irwin Coretta Scott King Martin Luther King Jr.

Lady Liberty Pearl Leroux Linden Park Touby Lyfoung Ernst Mach MMSD #1 Mark Maida Thurgood Marshall Christa McAuliffe Michael McKinney Milt McPike Winifred Edgerton Merrill Anna Mae Mitchell Nash (Philleo & Edith) Gaylord Nelson Oak Savanna Paul J. Olson Owl Ridge Peace Peace & Prosperity Pleasant Promise (School of) Senator William Proxmire RPA (Romanized Popular Alphabets) Vinnie Ream Ronald Wilson Reagan Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud Fred Rogers Dimetra Taliaferro Shivers Verner & Paula Suomi Howard M. Temin Ilda Thomas Harriet Tubman Nathan J. Vacho Valley View August Vander Meulen Carl H. Waller WayWord West Side Thornton Wilder Reggie White Frank Lloyd Wright Raymond T. Zillmer

Main entrance

"A" wing - mostly classrooms

Pouring concrete for the flooring on the 2nd floor

Building a 2nd floor wall