In the past couple of weeks, the Bellefonte Area School Board faced a pair of critical decisions.
With all due respect, it failed both times.
First, on April 13, the board voted 8-1 in a special meeting to remove all Native American imagery from the district.
That means the Red Raider logo will go from everything — from school-issued handbooks to big-ticket items — such as the basketball court at the high school.
Like it or not, the logo will soon disappear.
Then, at a second meeting on April 27, the board voted 6-3 to remove the word “Red,” but keep “Raiders.”
That vote came on the heels of the public meeting that lasted five hours and featured more than 100 members of the community speaking during public comment.