When students enter the doors of Stansbury High School in the fall of 2009 they could be known as the Stansbury Mountaineers, or the Stallions, or maybe the Sting Rays. The football team may dress in black and white, or orange and green. These are a few suggestions found on the new on-line poll the Tooele County School District has established on its Web site to seek public input on the decision for colors and a mascot for the new school.

"We need to make the decision this spring, as the architects are at the point where they are ready to include the school colors in the design of the school," said Kendall Topham, who has been appointed principal for Stansbury High School.

Suggestions from the public will be accepted through the Web site until Feb. 22. The poll offers several choices for colors and mascots, and accepts write-in suggestions as well.

After the poll is completed, a yet-to-be-appointed committee of students, a few school district employees and community council members from the feeder schools -- Grantsville and Clarke Johnsen junior high schools, and Tooele and Grantsville high schools -- will narrow the selection down to three to five choices, said Topham. Students who will be attending the new school will then be given the opportunity to vote and select the top choice.

"Ultimately, the top choice will be presented to the school board for final approval," said Topham.

Topham hopes the process can be completed by the end of March.

To complete the poll, go to the school district's Web site at www.tooele.k12.ut.us.

Tim Gillie: tgillie@tooeletranscript.com