wholeWheatButterfly t1_j416tul wrote on January 12, 2023 at 1:47 PM

Reply to comment by Impossible-Bend-7456 in Rutland school board settles on ‘Rutland’ as the name for school sports teams - VTDigger by Loudergood

They polled the students and teacher, which should have been step one when they first considered a name change. And, as silly as it sounds, if it's what the majority of students want, I think it's a good decision.

zonitronic t1_j41gdvc wrote on January 12, 2023 at 2:56 PM

It was step one. They did the first time. The students chose "Ravens", and had that as a name/mascot for over a year. Some of the locals were upset about the change and ran for the school board to change it back to Raiders. They succeeded and have turned this into a political shit-show. Basically, the students voted for a progressive name change, and a bunch of conservative adults spent a lot of time and money for the sole purpose of getting elected to the school board to change it back. Now, some other folks got elected to the board, and we are seeing the naming decision being punted back to the students, who just want to be done with the whole embarrassing debacle, so they chose to have no mascot at all.