Marion Students and Parents Want to End School Year Early
It s been a tough year for the Marion Independent School District. The pandemic of last year. The derecho which damaged buildings and property. And lets just not get into the mascot name change fiasco. So you can see why students and parents wish this school year would just get over already! Well, CBS2 reports that a new petition has been started to end the school year in Marion a week early.
A Marion High School student started the petition that requests that the school year end during the first week of June. Currently, classes are scheduled to end on June 11th. CBS2 reports that the school district extended the school year because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the derecho of last August. The current school year started two weeks later in September, instead of the normal August start date.
I got the email just before 2:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon. It was the latest mascot survey from the Marion Independent School District. If this sounds a bit familiar, it should. This is the second time the district has gone through this process.
Initially, Marion voted to get rid of the Indians mascot after receiving complaints from two local tribes in Eastern Iowa. The search began for a new name, with a district wide vote eventually settling on the nickname Mavericks. But then that name faced scrutiny and it s potentially racist history was brought to light. The school board then recently voted to not use Mavericks and start the whole process over again. Back to yesterday s email. It took me to a survey and asked me to vote for at least one, and up to ten, yes, TEN, selections for the new mascot name. We re apparently leaving no name behind this time. Here are the 30 names up for considerations.
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