Lee High School to keep school colors, mascot
[2024-02-10 23:07:45]
After months of students and graduates have been shocked by the decision to change the name of Robert Lee High School, the administrator of the Northeast Independence School District, school mascots are still called volunteers, their color remains red and gray I said.
In October, the Regional Board of Councilors voted for the name of LEE High School at a rate of 5-2. He said the discussion on the name of the school is in a new national debate commemorating the South Confederation. So, it is education that distracts too much. task
Director Brian Gottardy abandons what directly relates to the Federal Government and its most successful general lea, after the manager cleared everything from uniforms to stadium floor to team uniforms at Monday's Board of Directors Related expenses, including the $ 25,000 crisis management fund, estimated at $ 299,098
"We continued our volunteer as we found hundreds of volunteers - do you think that this is correct, do not you think it is a staff? - even if it is not an example of hundreds of Vols, at least dozens Please tell me the example board: "If you want to completely change that particular mascot, the cost will increase sharply."
With the passage of time, the use of "Lee" will be phased out. The school's logo depicts a satirical South Confederate soldier known as "sullen Gus" and 13 stars. School spirit team name, as well as Rebel Rousers and Dixie Drillers. I will develop a new school song
The cost estimate does not include students, employees, parents, club members purchasing brand products, and other extracurricular activities. Since the school began in 1958, the school district keeps various honors, awards and trophies.
Gottardy also said that he plans to open a museum of 15,000 dollars "respecting Robert E. Lee High School" on campus and plans to open it to the public. All of these changes are expected to be effective from the year 2018 to the year 19.
In the introduction to the trustee, the local authorities made a detailed cost estimate in 4 major areas (sports, facilities, art and JROTC). The image of the new issue of the alliance appears in many projects: mental team and equipment trailers, band team equipment, sports bags and target masks, practice shirts and uniforms
The sports price is $ 94,235, including over $ 27,000 for exchanging two brand wrestling mats, over $ 8,000 for tennis wear, and about $ 2,000 for track pop-up tents.
There is a renovation of school facilities not far away, it will exceed $ 85,000. The floor of the main stadium must be polished and repainted with a new logo. The scoreboard in the sports field needs to be adjusted or exchanged.
The statue of the famous Robert E. Lee in the lobby of the school has been relocated and the floor under the floor is retired for a total of $ 8,000.
Shannon Grona, Chairman of the Board, stated, "Thank you for minimizing the cost." "From the beginning, this is one of our concerns."
Anaheim: The savanna of Savanna High School (1962), Johnny Level, which was always disintegrated from 1964 to 2009 due to deterioration, the color of the school in the glass fiber statue where Confederates soldiers are standing red and gray The school venue is Savanna Mighty Marching Rebel and Color Guard. Peak height of Jeff Davis: 9065 ft / 2763 m 36 ° 38 '13 "N 119 ° 53' 49" W / 36.637 ° N 119.897 ° of the Mokelumne wilderage drawn by the US Geological Survey in 1889. It may have been used locally for a long time since many residents of the nearby summit city (now abandoned) during the Civil War were empathic, the Commonwealth between 1861 and 1865 President. "
School color and school mascot tradition was established in the 1906 academic year before the first permanent building (Carrington Hall) was built. The joint committee of teacher and student decided to represent university with maroon and white. The same committee also chose bears as the official school mascot, they chose the design of the Missouri seal