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SUE:..THE OTHER CONTROVERSIAL
SYMBOL UP FOR DEBATE TONIGHT
-- THE MASCOT OF PAW PAW
SCHOOLS.THE BOARD HAD VOTED TO
GET RID OF THE REDSKINS NAME
IN THE SPRING AFTER YEARS OF
DEBATE.
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NOW, THE REDSKINS ARE OUT .
NEWS 8'S KYLE MITCHELL HAS THE
NEW NAME AND WHEN IT WILL BE
FORMALLY ADOPTED.
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KYLE: PAW PAW'S SUPERINTENDENT
SAYS AFTER A LOT OF
CONSIDERATIONS -- THE RED
WOLVES -- IS THE FINAL
CHOICE.A SCHOOL DISTRICTS
MOVING FORWARD -- AFTER YEARS
OF CONTROVERSY OVER ITS
NICKNAME. RICK REO /
SUPERINTENDENT, PAW PAW PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
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WOLVES WAS THE PREFERRED AND
RED WOLVES IS WHAT HAS COME
OUT OF OUR FOCUS GROUP AND
MARKETING FIRM'S
RECOMMENDATION."SUPERINTENDENT
RICK REO PRESENTED THE RESULT
OF MONTHS OF WORK BY STUDENTS,
FACULTY, AND STAFF TO REVIEW
MORE THAN 700 SUBMISSIONS AND
THOUSANDS OF VOTES.
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"TWENTY SEVEN STUDENTS
"TWENTY
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SEVEN STUDENTS WERE PART OF
THAT TASKFORCE THAT DID A
WHOLE LOT OF WORK TOGETHER AND
DID AN AMAZING JOB."IN MARCH
-- THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO
GET RID OF THE REDSKINS NAME
AND BEGIN THE PROCESS OF
FINDING NEW BRANDING FOR THE
SCHOOL -- SOMETHING THEY
ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO DO IN
PERSON. "JUST AFTER WE HAD OUR
SCHOOL CLOSURE, THE COVID
PANDEMIC IMPACTED SCHOOLS,
WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN QUITE A
LENGTHY PROCESS OF GETTING
NOMINATIONS AND VOTES AND
ASKING FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR
IMAGERY."STUDENTS CREATED THE
CRITERIA USED TO NARROW DOWN
THE NAMES TO BE VOTED ON. THE
MASCOT HAD TO BE INCLUSIVE,
NON-CONTROVERSIAL, AND INSTILL
PRIDE IN
STUDENTS.
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"THERE WAS A MEETING LAST
WEEK THAT BROUGHT IN A FOCUS
GROUP ALONG WITH A MARKETING
FIRM TO HELP US IN TAKING THE
RESULTS OF THOSE VOTES IN
MAKING A DECISION AS TO WHAT
OUR TASK FORCES WANTS TO BRING
FORWARD AS OUR NEW NICK NAME."
THE SCHOOL IS ABLE TO GET
FUNDING FROM A GRANT FROM THE
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE FUND
-- TO COVER EXPENSES
ASSOCIATED WITH THE NAME
CHANGE.A NEW MASCOT THE TASK
FORCES THINKS THE THE TASK
FORCES A NEW MASCOT THE TASK
FORCES THINKS THE COMMUNITY
WILL EMBRACE FOR THE FUTURE.
(KYLE)WE WERE HOPING TO SEE
SOME POSSIBLE NEW LOGOS
TONIGHT BUT THOSE ARE BEING
WORKED ON BY A GRAPHIC
DESIGNER AND ARE EXPECTED TO
BE ADOPTED AT THE JULY 13TH
BOARD MEETING.IN THE KALAMAZOO
STUDIO, KYLE MITCHELL, NEWS 8.
