Hillsborough schools invites the public to help rename Monroe Middle School
Suggestions are due by 5 p.m. Dec. 11, and the School Board is scheduled to vote on a name Jan. 26.
TAMPA - Hillsborough County Public Schools is asking students, families, staff and neighbors to suggest a new name for Monroe Middle School, the district announced Monday, Nov. 9.
Name ideas can be submitted online at the district's naming form from 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9, through 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11. All the names will go to the Hillsborough County School Board, which is scheduled to vote on a new name at its Jan. 26 meeting, according to the district.
The district said that beginning with the 2027-28 school year, students will transition from Madison Middle School to create a new school community, and that it wants a name that honors the school's history and reflects the community it serves. The release does not give more detail on the change.
“This is about more than choosing a new name. It's about creating an identity that reflects our community,” Superintendent Van Ayres said in the release.
Suggestions must follow School Board Policy 7250 and can't violate Policy 2260, the board's nondiscrimination policy. Under the rules, middle schools may be named for U.S. presidents, school board members, educators, outstanding citizens or geographic locations. An elected official must have been out of office for at least five years to be considered, and no current candidate for public office can be.
Source: Hillsborough County Public Schools release: Community invited to help rename Monroe Middle School (Nov. 9, 2026; opened Nov. 10).