Spokane Public Schools Board votes unanimously to change North Central, Garry mascots
The North Central High School Indians and the Garry Middle School Chiefs will have new mascots by Jan. 2022. Author: Morgan Trau (KREM) Updated: 1:52 PM PDT May 13, 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. The Spokane Public Schools Board of Directors voted unanimously to change the mascots and symbols at two schools. This comes after Governor Jay Inslee signed a measure to ban the use of Native American names, symbols and images as school mascots, logos and team names at most public schools.
North Central High School and Garry Middle School have the Indians and the Chiefs, respectively, as their mascots. This comes after students, alumni, and community members spoke up in favor of removing Native American symbols in a meeting last month.
Spokane Public Schools will change the mascots of two schools. Here s how
They will direct the North Central High School Indians and Garry Middle School Chiefs to develop a new mascot. Author: Amanda Roley Updated: 9:03 AM PDT May 13, 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. Washington state now longer allows the use of Native American names, symbols, or images as public school mascots. The Spokane Public Schools board is taking its first steps to comply with this new law in its meeting Wednesday.
North Central High school Junior Ivy Pete helped see this law pass. She told KREM 2 s Amanda Roley she is excited to see her efforts come to fruition.