Name For New Crofton School Approved By School Board

CROFTON, MD — Crofton High School was officially selected as the name for Anne Arundel County's first new high school in almost 40 years. School board members on Sept. 11 unanimously approved the choice.

The name for the school, which has been discussed for more than 30 years, was favored by more than 320 of the 402 people who cast ballots at an Aug. 26 community meeting at Crofton Middle School, according to a news release from Anne Arundel County Public Schools.

“This is a really exciting step for our entire school community,” said Principal Kathryn Feuerherd, who was on hand to watch the board’s vote. “This project has been anticipated by so many for so long, and I am thrilled that we have a formal identity and can now move forward on other aspects of opening what will be an awesome place for students to learn and employees to work.”

The $135 million school is Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ first new high school building since 1982. It will open for students in grades 9 and 10 in September 2020 and expand by a single grade in each of the next two years.

At last month's meeting to choose a name, there were 75 options from which to choose. James Stoddard High School finished second in the balloting, garnering 34 votes. Seventeen other nominations received at least one vote each.

The names considered, which can be found here, reflected people of local, national and international prominence, geographic regions and area landmarks. More than 300 emails suggesting names were received by school officials.

Information about the school can be found online at www.aacps.org/croftonhs and on Twitter at @CroftonHigh.