New Cleveland High - School colors & mascot

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Hey Folks,
Thanks for all the feedback, I really appreciate it.

Let me respond to a few of you...

polentardmafia1:
I plan on "embracing" whatever colors & mascot are chosen and I agree that it's "a community thing". But, I never claimed to "take it over". By the way, I've been here for many years...and plan on being here throughout. I didn't just move in.

Edi's Mom:
I really appreciate your comments. I certainly meant no disrespect to anyone...I hope it wasn't taken that way. I can see your points!

kaci:
I actually meant to ask that VERY question. I don't know that I've ever seen where a middle AND high school had the same mascot. Is that a common thing?

Grinder:
Although I appreciate your feedback...You, I have to disagree with. I have a 13 year old...who will be there for the next 4 yrs. I have an 11 year old that will start in two years and be there for 4 years. And then I have a 4 year old who won't be there for many years but will then be there for 4 years (assuming redistricting doesn't happen again during that time). I don't plan to ever leave the area...so, long story short, I will be here and plan on investing in my children's high school for MANY years. So, I feel I have as much stake in the school as anyone, past OR present.

VolleyGirl:
Thanks.

 

JSGarner,
I agree with you, I was disappointed that the "whole" community--those who have been here for generations or years AND those that are relatively new to the area--were not allowed a voice in choosing the mascot and colors. I wish it had been put to a vote at a public hearing, or even let the present students vote in school--they would have enjoyed that kind of input I think. I also think the community history is honored nicely by the ram and light blue that the middle school wears already, and that it would have been nice to allow the entire community to have a voice in this, ie allow a public vote. It would have been nice to allow the new high school to have it's own identifying mascot/colors--not ones that are shared by the middle school and younger children, to recognize that high school is another phase, another step up.

As newcomers, I think it is important too for the people who have lived here many many years to also value what the newcomers bring--it is our influx and tax money that is allowing the new school to be built and supported--it is mostly our children that are filling it--it is just as important for the future of a community to look forward as much as it is to look back.

I don't understand why some of the posters hold such animosity at this suggestion. This is something that should be able to be discussed without the need for barbs and namecalling and sarcasm. As much as some want to embrace the area's history, there are also just as many that would like to be included for the first time in helping to sculpt the area's future. Newcomers are here to stay, and even Newercomers are coming every day. If the ugliness between the ones that have been here for many years and the ones that have just recently come does not stop, it will begin to really eat at the fabric of the community. It would be nice if we could ALL have some input on things like this, even if that meant that the Ram and light blue still won the vote.

 

Another way to look at that is that it wouldn't have to be built if it wasn't for the newcomers.

It's a delicate balance between old and new around here. It's not hard to offend either side.

 

pocahontas:

I could not have said it any better. You voiced my exact opinion much better than I could have. Thank you very much!

 

DontCareHowYouDoItInNY:

DITTO! Thank you!

 

Thats OK we don't expect a whole lot outta Cowboy fan anyway.... :jester::jester::jester::cheers:

 

I like you.

 

I do too. :lol:

 

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This is the kind of mindset that I mean when I say that animosity will rip the community apart.

The newcomers could say in retort that many of the oldtimers or "natives" and their families wouldn't be gainfully employed if they weren't here...our influx has created jobs for many, many people. But you shouldn't get into a back and forth argument--there is no point, and it is neverending and destructive.

The fact is, there are many new people here, and many more coming in the future, and that to not include them in community decisions like this will only harm the community in the future. It will become an Us vs. Them political war. I know that I, as a newcomer, will be more inclined to vote for a person that I feel really represents me in local elections. I'm sure most people feel that way. But as the newcomer numbers climb, that may mean that more and more local positions and decisions are made by newcomers, unless the oldtimers will embrace and value their new neighbors.

It would just be nice to let everyone have a voice in community decisions like this, in order to really make it feel like a community.

 

Did you read what I wrote? I did not take a side. I pointed out that it can be looked at two ways. Your statement and opinion is very divisive. I did not give an opinion. I can already tell that you will have a very hard time not giving yours.

 

Nice job...way to take a fellow poster's comment and completely change the meaning of it! Your tirade is exactly what causes the divide between "natives" and newcomers. Such threats about taking over the "decisions" being made with your sheer numbers is what makes people not want to embrace you. It would have been better to have just said the last sentence and left out the rest. No one got a say in it...not just you.

 

exactly, you come in here for one of two reasons, you didn't like your last location or you didn't like the school system. But then you want to change what you liked here and make it into what you left to hate again and up and move and leave all the locals to clean it up!!

But neither here nor there, its always been the middle and high schools have the same colors and mascots and always will be, and history is a great thing to hold onto.

 

also understand that Corinth-Holders is the name of the community its closest to and it already has a middle school with that name, I really think that is way that name was choosen

 

To be fair, sometimes we have to come because of job transfers, etc.:mrgreen:

I'll admit it, I HATED it here for the first couple years and was plotting ways to get back home. I didn't feel welcome, was extremely isolated, had a small child, SAHM, DH works from home, no friends, no neighbors. It sucked. Oh, and the weather here is the PITS!! But, I have gotten more involved in the community, with scouts, with you 4042 peeps, other moms from school, etc. and now call Clayton home with pride. Met my bestest friend when our kids were in K together. 8) As a result, I try to go out of my way to tell new people where stuff is, what's going on, just generally the lay of the land, because it's tough!