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Okemos schools votes to nix 'Chiefs' nickname, pick replacement by 2023


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OKEMOS  Okemos student-athletes will no longer compete as the Chiefs after district leaders cast a vote 30 years in the making.
The Okemos Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to stop using the Chiefs nickname, which an increasing number of students, alumni and residents say is an offensive caricature of indigenous people.
The board hopes to adopt a new mascot by 2024.
The decision comes after decades of discussion surrounding Okemos Public Schools  moniker, which was picked for the town of Okemos  namesake, Chief Okemos. 
Superintendent John Hood was the most recent district leader to consider a name change for the district late last year. But discussions surrounding the nickname and mascot date at least to the mid-1990s, when Katie Cavanaugh, secretary for the Board of Education, was an Okemos High School student. ....

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'Chiefs' no more: Okemos school board votes to nix nickname; will adopt replacement by 2023


Chiefs no more: Okemos school board votes to nix nickname, adopt replacement by 2023
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The scoreboard and signage at Okemos High School s soccer field, seen April 29, 2021.
OKEMOS  Okemos student-athletes will no longer compete as the Chiefs after district leaders cast a vote 30 years in the making.
The Okemos Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to stop using the Chiefs nickname, which an increasing number of students, alumni and residents say is an offensive caricature of indigenous people.
The board hopes to adopt a new mascot by 2023.
The decision comes after decades of discussion surrounding Okemos Public Schools  moniker, which was picked for the town of Okemos  namesake, Chief Okemos.  ....

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Okemos board votes to nix 'Chiefs' nickname, pick replacement by 2023


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OKEMOS  Okemos student-athletes will no longer compete as the Chiefs after district leaders cast a vote 30 years in the making.
The Okemos Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to stop using the Chiefs nickname, which an increasing number of students, alumni and residents say is an offensive caricature of indigenous people.
The board hopes to adopt a new mascot by 2023.
The decision comes after decades of discussion surrounding Okemos Public Schools  moniker, which was picked for the town of Okemos  namesake, Chief Okemos. 
Superintendent John Hood was the most recent district leader to consider a name change late last year. But discussions surrounding the nickname and mascot date at least to the mid-1990s, when Katie Cavanaugh, secretary for the Board of Education, was an Okemos High School student. ....

United States , Shiawassee County , Central Michigan University , Red Cedar River , Okemos High School , Sexton High School , Andrew Phelps , Ronald Levant , Audrey Matusz , Dan Wertz , John Hood , Freeman Bray , Katie Cavanaugh , Deborah Guthrie , Gabrielle Lawrence , National Congress , Lansing School District Board Of Education , Michigan Department Of Civil Rights , American Psychological Association , Clinton High School In Lenawee , Washington Football Team , Jw Sexton High School In Lansing , Okemos Public Schools Board , Okemos Public Schools , American Indians , Chief Okemos ,