BOZEMAN, Mont.- The Bozeman School District has released the results of its poll to name the second high school.
The online survey polled staff, community members and students. More than 10,000 people participated.
Gallatin High School was most popular among all three groups of voters, ranking in 43 percent of the votes from the community members.
The district’s original choice of “West Slope High” received the least amount of votes from both the community and students.
The school board will still make the final naming decision on Monday.
Here’s a look at the poll results:
Staff (N=318, representative random sample)
- Gallatin 39%
- Spanish Peaks 22%,
- West 18%
- Westslope 12%
- Storm Castle 11%
Community (N=9347, not a representative sample)
- Gallatin 43%
- Spanish Peaks 19%
- West 17%
- Storm Castle 14%
- Westslope 8%
Students (N= 485, representative random sample of students grade 5-9, margin of error +/- 5%)
- Gallatin 30%
- Storm Castle 26%
- Spanish Peaks 22%
- West 13%
- Westslope 9%
Students (N = 1934, all responses from BSD7 and rural schools, grades 5-9)
- Gallatin 30%
- Storm Castle 26%
- Spanish Peaks 22%
- West 13%
- Westslope 9%
