Minnie Mars

Schools are named for people, a great honor, unless they are named for their boring locations like Maine Township East (Scott's Alma Mater).  My schools were named for exciting personalities like Minnie Mars Jamieson (1870-1928) and Stephen Tyng Mather (1867-1930).  

Minnie was a Chicago teacher and Principal of the Budlong School for twenty-three years.  The Principal of MMJ when I attended?  Miss Hyancinth Drechny (who could forget that name?)

Stephen T. Mather promoted Borax (the mineral) and through his interests in nature and friendships with influential people, procured a sweet patronage job and became the first Director of the National Park Service.

Perhaps we could take a page from all those sports arenas that sell naming rights for Big Bucks? 

It might just solve our problems in funding quality education ;-)