Bay View Middle & High School

A Sept. 15 joint session of Bay View High School and Fritsche Middle School Governance Councils recommended that when the two schools merge into one 6-12 program housed in the current high school building, that program be called Bay View Middle & High School.

At the meeting, nearly 20 speakers, including 10 BVHS alumni, teachers, neighbors, and Fritsche Middle School’s student council vice-president, all favored keeping the name of the community, either Bay View or South Shore, in the name.

Speakers associated with both schools said it was important to include all students, those in the middle as well as high school grades, in the name of the new program.

An informal show of hands among all present, prompted by a Bay View alumna’s question, suggested broad support for the name Bay View Middle & High School, and the schools’ governance councils later voted to submit that name to the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, which has the final say on the new school’s name.

Jay Bullock is an English teacher at Bay View High School.

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