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Every school has its own culture or identification. The new Lake Roosevelt School is no exception.

The character of a school is not easily transferable from one location to another, and because of this, officials are trying to help the new school complex develop its own and unique culture.

Associate Principal Ronanda Liberty reported to the school board recently on efforts she is making, working with staff and students, to develop the school’s own unique signature.

A school is just four walls, so to speak, until staff and students arrive. They will bring some of the old into a new building, but much of it is new, and new opportunities and trends develop. And it takes time.

No two schools are alike.

Liberty stated that the staff is active in a program of “Positive Behaviour Intervention and Support.” It is an effort to leave some of the old trends behind and develop new trends that speak more solidly of what staff would like the new school to become.

And, of course, there must be student buy-in.

With all grades in the same building, and the now close proximity of the school district’s entire staff, it is an opportunity for everyone to be on the same page.

“Things that might have been allowed in the old schools, might change,” Liberty explained, “and things that were not allowed in the old buildings might now be allowed.”

As students and staff adjust to the new atmosphere, there is a unique opportunity for change, she said.

“That’s what is happening now,” Liberty told the board.

It will take a lot of walking through the halls, and meetings that set directions, before the culture of the new school becomes evident.