The School Board set up a committee in the fall of 2005 to look into the issue. After a series of open public meetings, the committee returned a report concluding that due to systemic discrimination, the mascot must indeed be changed. However, the committee was the subject of questions itself, with allegations that the group splintered, and none of the public forums gathered much student input.
In 2005, a School Board established a committee to investigate the issue of the mascot, concluding that it needed to be changed due to systemic discrimination. However, the committee's work was met with criticism regarding its internal dynamics and lack of student participation in public forums.