After postponing their regular meeting March 10 due to expected inclement weather, the RSU #12 Board will next meet on March 17 at the Whitefield School.
The board is expected to discuss its January decision to remove the “Redskin” moniker from all eight of the district schools. The discussion of the controversial issue, listed under old business in the agenda, comes in response to requests by the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen and the WHS Mascot Committee who have asked the board to reconsider its decision.
The issue was put before Wiscasset residents on a non-binding referendum March 1 with an overwhelming majority supporting the continued use of the moniker. In a letter to Wiscasset Selectmen dated Feb. 7, RSU #12 Supt. Gregory Potter wrote that school officials would monitor the vote closely.
In the letter, Potter also cited a bill before the 125th Legislature that seeks a statewide ban on the use of Native American mascots in schools as another possible factor in the board’s ultimate decision.
