Our New Centennial High School

It's almost time for our new Centennial High School to open.  A long-awaited inclusive project that would make any city and school district proud.  But....with the grand opening this Fall, a seemingly overlooked problem needs to be corrected.  Now is the time for the city, county, and school district to divest itself from the  current street name of  'Sonoma Ranch Boulevard' (SRB) to something more appropriate for the setting.  Even 'Centennial Boulevard' would be pleasing and not give the impression that it is connected to the Sonoma Ranch Empire.

The new school is about two miles from the large, ever-growing, jammed-up housing development.  The Dona Ana County Commissioners were probably strong-armed to allow the road from Highway 70 to Las Alturas to be named 'SRB.'  At the time, it probably appeared to be OK, it just being a line on a map in the sand dunes..  But the land from the school to the City Dump, near east Lohman, has most likely been spoken for by the 'Empire.'  (A map in the Sun-News showing the disposition of the land would be good.)  Any new housing or commercial development along the currently unpaved portion of the SRB, and attaching the name of Centennial High School to it, will add millions to the Sonoma Ranch Empire.