The controversial “Redmen” mascot at Iron County’s Cedar High School has moved a step closer to obsolescence, with a district-appointed committee voting Tuesday to recommend that the school board drop the team name.
A committee of students, staff, alumni, community members and representatives from the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah voted 17-7 to recommend to the Iron County school board that the mascot be abandoned. Committee members will summarize the arguments they’ve heard and give the recommendation to the board on Jan. 22.
The vote comes one day after a public hearing where participants — mostly current and recent students — overwhelmingly supported changing the mascot.