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The Austin ISD board of trustees named the new north central elementary school No. 1 after longtime educator Dr. Janis Guerrero Thompson during the board's March 18 meeting.

The district sought nominations from Jan. 16–Feb. 8; it received 95 nominations for 23 names. The names included: Jody Conradt, retired women's basketball coach at The University of Texas; district educator Lucy Duncan; and Sgt. Juan Navarro, who was killed while serving in the military in Afghanistan in 2012.

Guerrero Thompson taught high school English for 17 years and served as executive director of the AISD Office of Planning and Community Relations, according to a nomination written by her son, Matthew Thompson.

Construction began on Dr. Janis Guerrero Thompson Elementary School in August 2012 and is scheduled to be completed in August, according to a news release. It will be 98,000 square feet with 40 classrooms on 17 acres. It will be located on East Rundberg Lane.