The state government has begun community consultation on a name for the new Aldinga B-12 school set to open in 2022.

Advisory committees made up of the school’s principal, neighbouring school staff and local parents came up with the proposed names.

Fleurieu residents can have their say on the three suggested names, or they can make their own suggestion.

The proposed names for the Aldinga Birth to Year 12 school are Payinthi Coastal College, Payinthi Southern College and Aldinga College B-12.

Pronounced ‘Bay-in-di’, the word Payinthi echoes the meaning ‘to seek, look for, examine, be thinking’ and has been provided by the Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi at the University of Adelaide.

The government is also consulting on names for new schools at Whyalla and Angle Vale, but a process to identify a name for the new high school in Goolwa will not begin until a committee has been established later this year.

All the proposed names hold significant links to their location and surrounding landmarks.

Education Minister John Gardner says that naming each of the new schools was a significant step in connecting the new schools with their community.

“Deciding on a new name is a significant step in forming the identity for these new schools,” he says.

“We encourage people located in the communities where these schools will be built to jump online and complete the short survey.

“Construction of the new schools is taking shape and these communities can look forward to having access to world-class education facilities from Term 1, 2022.”

Consultation on the three new school names is open until Friday 2 October and surveys can be found online at Aldinga school survey, Angle Vale school survey

and Whyalla school survey.

You can also view the catchment zones for the Aldinga school online.