Board decides on Aspen Park for school name
By Carolyn B. Tyler
Staff Writer

Riverton’s new elementary school will be named Aspen Park Elementary, reflective of the area in northeast Riverton.
The name was selected by the Fremont County School District 25 Board of Education Tuesday night. Aspen Park Elementary was first suggested by principal Pat Hardt. The general public added a variety of name suggestions when asked for input.
The school board met in a work session prior to the regular business meeting, reviewed and discussed the various name suggestions and finally settled on Aspen Park, the motion made by Larry Christensen and seconded by Jim Crouch.
Board member Marisa Root said that a number of individuals spoke in favor of carrying forward the Lincoln School name “and we certainly gave it due consideration. But, in the end, a majority of the board agreed upon Aspen Park.”
The new school building, at the extreme end of East Sunset Avenue in Riverton, is in the final stages of construction, and the transfer of some 286 pupils in kindergarten through third grade will be made over the Christmas break.
The current Lincoln School building and campus will be sold by the school district.
Aspen Park will be one of three K-3 schools in Riverton, along with Ashgrove, also named for the area in which it is located, and Jackson, named for the street onto which its main entryway is located.
Rendezvous Elementary is where the fourth- and fifth-graders from the lower elementary schools come together. Sixth- through eighth-graders attend Riverton Middle School with Riverton High School for grades 9-12.
Other names suggested for board consideration were Academy, Aspen, Big Bend, Centennial, Discovery, East, Eastside, Equality, Explorer, Frontier, Horizon. Indian Paintbrush, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Meadowlark, Meadows Edge, New Dawn, New Horizons, Pioneer, Prairie, Prairie Vista, Rendezvous II, Rivercity, Sagebrush, Sunrise, Sunset, Trailblazer, Trapper and Visionary.