Barry Sanders, a Taunton resident, urged the Taunton School Committee during the Committee of the Whole meeting to name the building at 66 Summer Street for the late Carol A. Doherty.

“There is no more fitting honor for Carol Doherty than to name this building and this program after her,” Sanders said, listing Doherty’s roles in local education, the teachers’ unions and in elected office as reasons the honor would be appropriate.

Sanders described Doherty as a longtime educator and counselor who served as president of the Taunton Educators Association and the Massachusetts Teachers Association, later led an educational leadership program at Northeastern University, and served on the Taunton School Committee and as a state representative. Sanders said Doherty continued constituent work even while ill.

Secretary Fagan told the audience that the committee had received Sanders’s comments and that there would be no deliberation at that moment. “The public comment period is open through April 2, which will be the next school committee meeting at 6 p.m.,” Secretary Fagan said.

The suggestion to name the site was presented as a public comment; no formal motion or vote to rename the building was recorded during the meeting. Sanders said a possible name would be the “Carol A. Doherty Educational Leadership Building” or similar, and said the recognition would honor her lifetime of service to children and working families.

The record reflects that the committee accepted the public comment into the record and reminded the public of the deadline and the next meeting when further comments will be received. The transcript does not show the committee taking any formal action on the naming at this meeting.