Malta school to be named after Paul T. Wright

DeKALB - The old Malta High School will be renamed for Paul T. Wright of Malta. In the 1960s, Wright and his family donated 38 acres to the old Malta School District to build the school. The name was chosen by the DeKalb School Board Monday night. More than 60 elementary school students took part in an essay contest to name the school. Henry Deng, a fourth-grader at Lincoln Elementary School, wrote an essay in support of naming the school for Wright. Henry and members of the Wright family will be honored at the school board's Feb. 17 meeting. "(Mr. Wright) wanted children to have a good education," Henry wrote. "Having the school named after Mr. Wright, it will help us remember the wonderful thing he and his family did for our community