Wichita North High School will no longer be the Redskins.
The school board voted 6-0 Monday night to drop the controversial mascot at the recommendation of a committee formed last summer.
Board member Stan Reeser said that although the name was well-intentioned when the school was founded in 1929, it’s clearly become a slang term with racial overtones and derogatory meaning.
The school will now be referred to simply as Wichita North High School. Its logo a shield, drum and feather will remain the same.
The mascot committee, led by the district s executive director of public affairs and special projects Terrell Davis, presented a total of four recommendations: