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SANTA MARIA, Calif. A Santa Maria resident has raised concerns over the logos used by the City of Santa Maria and Santa Maria Joint Union High School District (SMJUHSD).
A Christopher Columbus sailing ship is used by both agencies, which the resident describes as inappropriate due to the explorers treatment of indigenous peoples in the Americas.
Santa Maria resident Scott Fina voiced his opposition to the logo this week with a letter sent to both the Santa Maria City Council and SMJUHSD. We received a letter from a community member concerning using the ship, the Santa Maria, as a logo, said Dr. Jack Garvin, Board of Education President. Now the school board has been asked to consider and take a look at it. The letter the gentleman wrote was very well thought out, very well documented. We referred it to our staff.
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