WorldStrides Performing Arts has invited the marching band from Santa Maria High School to perform at the Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade where they will ...

1, 2030. RELATED: Bill banning Native American team names, mascots in Illinois schools passes House vote Since 1926, the Collinsville High School community has been home to the "Kahok," a team ...

An Illinois bill that would ban that ... such as setting a timeline for selecting a new mascot. For decades, Collinsville High School has used a “Kahok” mascot name. The name represents ...

mascots or logos. Officials from South Beloit School District and Hononegah Community High School District said they are waiting to see if the bill is approved in the Illinois Senate and is signed ...

The legislation has the potential to affect scores of schools across Illinois ... Discriminatory Disability Mascots Act, only targets one school: Freeburg Community High School and its team ...

(WGN) — The Illinois ... high schools should keep or move on from Native American mascots has been a recurring theme in the greater Chicagoland area for decades. In July 2021, Lemont High School ...

The Illinois House ... using nicknames and mascots that discriminate against people with disabilities. The bill, if signed into law, currently would affect just one high school in St. Clair ...

The Illinois House ... schools from using mascots that discriminate against people with disabilities. The bill, if signed into law, currently would affect just one high school in St. Clair County.

A sign outside of Freeburg Community High ... The school’s mascot has been a source of controversy and media attention for years. Joshua Carter Belleville News-Democrat An Illinois bill that ...

The Illinois Association of School Boards is currently opposed to the bill, as they argued it would be an expensive mandate for over 50 high schools across the state. IASB Associate Executive ...

as a new bill in the Illinois General Assembly would ban school mascots that reference disabilities. For nearly nine decades, Freeburg High School has proudly been the home of the Mighty Midgets.