A New Name for the Auditorium at Robbinsdale Cooper High School?

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A proposal has been brought forth to have the Robbinsdale Cooper High School Auditorium named after long-time Cooper High School educator Ert Jones-Hermerding, who spent nearly 30 years as the CHS theatre director.

After his death several years ago, several community members suggested naming the auditorium in his honor, and this year, CHS sophomore Stephanie Sikkila has resurrected that proposal as part of her Personal Project for the
International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme at Cooper. The district formed a committee to consider naming requests, which ultimately are approved by the School Board.

A public email account has been created to solicit feedback on the proposal to have the CHS auditorium named after Mr. Jones-Hermerding. You can weigh in on the proposal by emailing Key_Communicators@rdale.org and give your opinion on this naming, or you can suggest a name to be considered as well.

The district will be taking feedback on this until March 17th, and any action on the naming of Cooper High School would take place later in the spring.