One man at the largely-attended school board meeting suggested changing the mascot name to Flames, but the crowd appeared to push towards keeping the name as Indians.
Several Lemont High School parents spoke at the meeting, including Mike Wilson who feel the district should keep the name. I think we ve done nothing but celebrate Indians, Wilson said. There hasn t been sufficient debate about this.
Some parents said they aren t wondering why the school would vote to change the name, but were wondering why people were not informed of the meeting. I feel that they ve been trying to keep this from the community, said parent Mina Scumaci.