Since everyone thinks Northwest looks like a prison anyways, what if it is disguised as juvie? That way parents won't try to send their kids there. If its disguised as an average high school, then you'll have Muggles always bothering them to try and register their kid.
Is NIM going to follow the same year system as Hogwarts (it probably should, there's no reason to reinvent the system)?
We should make NIM shirts
Just saying
I would pay big money for one
What if not only was one of the teachers a death eater, but a kid too?
Although kind of cliche, at the very end we could have the battle of Northwest, where Voldemort comes to claim this girl. But, instead of losing, he could win, and that would be the end of NIM. BRAIN BLAST! The Northwest Institute of Magic is in its first year of being a school! Its a new experiment for a magic school, because the wizards of America wanted a school on the west coast too. But then Voldemort destroys it.
Should we stick to house A and house B as far as houses go? Or should we have 4 and make them up? Or should we have more?
As far as a name goes, I think we should develop the character before we give her a name, because I find it interesting when their names match who they are. Rowling did that with McGonagall and Mundungus Fletcher, as well as several others.