The Mount Diablo Unified School District board in the Bay Area of California has made a costly decision to do away with Concord High School’s long-standing “Minutemen” mascot. Some members of the school district were concerned about the mascot 'showcasing a firearm' while others wanted a mascot that is gender inclusive.
The Mount Diablo Unified School District board in the Bay Area of California has made a costly decision to do away with Concord High School’s long-standing “Minutemen” mascot. Some members of the school district were concerned about the mascot “showcasing a firearm” while others wanted a mascot that is gender inclusive.
Now, Concord High School is scrapping its mascot in favor of the Bears, after a 4-1 vote on Wednesday by the school district’s board, according to aThe mascot change is an expensive one, estimated to cost about $200,000, according to NBC Bay Area, which added that talks about changing the mascot began last year, after the school district decided to “replace its human mascots with non-human mascots.
The Republican Party chairman of Contra Costa County, Matt Shupe, reacted to the cost of changing the school’s mascot, calling it a “dramatic waste of money that has hundreds of better uses.” “When people are asked and they support more funding for our education system, it’s with the intent of increasing the quality of the education provided, not deface our history and culture,” he added. “The voters need to hold these extremist cultural activists parading as school board members accountable in November 2024.”
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