Posted on 08/18/2023 6:13:59 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
A California Bay Area district board is being slammed over its costly decision to strip Concord High School of its long-standing mascot the “Minutemen.”
Concord, a town roughly 30 miles outside of San Francisco, was named after Concord, Mass., the site of the famous Battles of Lexington and Concord during the America Revolutionary War. The high school is tossing the mascot named after the historic “Minutemen” who fought against the British in favor of the “Bears” following a 4-1 vote on Wednesday by the Mount Diablo Unified School District board.
“It’s disgusting to disrespect those who fought and sacrificed to defeat tyranny and ultimately found our great nation, and to add insult to injury, they’re replacing it with a meaningless and trite mascot that viciously murders small animals,” reacted Matt Shupe, the Republican Party chairman of the Contra Costa County where the school is located.
“These woke schools need to prioritize teaching math, reading, and writing to catch up from the educational losses during the pandemic rather than spitting on the memories of our veterans,” he added.
According to NBC Bay Area, the district has one year to implement the mascot change which is estimated to cost roughly $200,000, something Shupe called a “dramatic waste of money that has hundreds of better uses.”
“If this school district were a business or non-profit you could sue them for defrauding the taxpayers for misuse of funds, violating donor intent,” Shupe told Fox News Digital. “When people are asked and they support more funding for our education system, it’s with the intent of increasing the quality of the education provided, not deface our history and culture. The voters need to hold these extremist cultural activists parading as school board members accountable in November 2024.”
NBC Bay Area reported that the discussion to change the mascot began a year ago after the school district decided to “replace its human mascots with non-human mascots,” which led to a student committee being formed tasked to find a new name. The committee reportedly “expressed concerns” about the mascot “showcasing a firearm,” others wanted a name that was gender inclusive.
Linda Mayo, a member of the Mount Diable Unified School board said at the meeting “If changing a mascot will make students feel welcomed, embraced and empowered them to participate more at the school, then I will support this.”
“I am all for supporting the students and the staff who worked so hard on this to help them reach their vision of welcoming inclusive campus for all,” said Cherise Khaund, another board member.
Matthew Dashner, a Concord High School alum, knocked the student committee for not being inclusive to those like him who did not want the mascot change, telling NBC Bay Area, “Before they make big board decisions like this, go and talk to students on campus and see what students really have to think.”
His mother Lynette suggested the six-figure budget being allocated to the mascot change would be better spent elsewhere, adding, “The school is in disrepair. I mean there’s dirt, rocks, squirrels all over the place.”
Dr. Adam Clark, the superintendent of Mount Diablo Unified School District, defended the retirement of the Minutemen mascot, telling Fox News Digital it was “in response to the mass shootings and killings of students on school campuses” adding that the “male minutemen soldier holding a rifle was not a symbol many of our students and staff felt created a welcoming environment.
“I understand that there are alumni and community members who oppose the change. Their opinions and views have been heard on several occasions in open meetings. This decision was not made lightly and our focus has remained on current students. There is no disrespect to the Minutemen and their contribution to American history,” Clark said.
That School Board should be removed en masse!
They could change the mascot to "Rocket. J. Squirrel" in order to celebrate a local indigenous creature. Then use the name as an entree into a history lesson about who Rocket J, is.
I’m glad our priorities are sound. A mascot. Glad the economy is superior. Glad our elections are sound. Glad our debt is paid in full. Glad every person has a great job with excellent benefits. Life is good.
No surprise. The school was built on Devil’s Mountain; Mt. Diablo, according to the article. The School Board originally probably had some respect and reverence for godly and patriotic principles. But eventually they passed on, and finally arrived at the day when that old fuddy-duddy stuff is passe’. Welcome to new normal, and wokeism.
I imagine their union thug “teachers” have never taught the students about Concord and Lexington and both the Concord and Lexington Minutemen scare the pee out of the young skulls full of mush because they both are portrayed carrying “assault weapons”. Learning about their gonads and poking cellphones are their most important objectives in schools these days. They learn about history from some retarded, idiot “influencer” covered with makeup and with a face that looks like a hardware store on Tik Toke.
Exactly. That is precisely what this is and other such actions are all about. Right out of 1984.
school boards are elected, correct?
Look at the photos and see a connection to why minuteMEN was removed.
Looks like a bunch of liberal, California airheads to me.
That is one crunchy looking group. They just reek of granola.
Minutemen. Poor performers in bed, that’s all.
I thought this was Concord, NC and was confused, lol
This isn’t the Bee? Talk about people who have no idea of history.
“Dr. Adam Clark, the superintendent of Mount Diablo Unified School District, defended the retirement of the Minutemen mascot, telling Fox News Digital it was “in response to the mass shootings and killings of students on school campuses” adding that the “male minutemen soldier holding a rifle was not a symbol many of our students and staff felt created a welcoming environment.”
Fag
It will fail. The problem the radicals have is there are institutions and people in America who still believe. Hillsdale College, Grove City College to name 2, that produce genuine scholars. Freedom is everywhere you look, and we have many proud veterans that won’t sit idly by when TSHTF.
Remember, “It’s always darkest before the dawn.” Thomas Fuller
I think I see the problem.
$200,000 will pay for a few grifts I assume.
Every one of them looks like a loon
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