" While I am fine with the wolf as a mascot I'm irritated that we have let gangs of hood rats rule what our kids can use as a mascot, or wear on clothing. My 15 yr old son was told by the admin at Vintage that he can't wear a t-shirt that advertises a heavy metal rock band, Insane Clown Posse, known as ICP, because a local group of gangbangers is now calling themselves ICP.
I think we are giving the gangs too much influence over whats acceptable for the rest of the youth.
If a group of gang members all of a sudden decides to wear shirts with US flags on them, the "Old Red, White and Blue", are the rest of us going to have to stop showing our patriotism because we could be labeled as part of a gang?
I think it's pretty sad that we have to worry about our kids not wearing 'red' in a "Blue" neighborhood, or visa versa, but now they can't wear a fan t-shirt either in fear of being labeled. "

" Great!

Now they can be known as Wolf Gangs and start cooking and then throwing food at each other.

...then just add Puck!

Ba-Daaa-Bum "

" Students were told they get to pick the mascot and the colors. They chose the the Phoenix as the mascot and Black and Red as the colors.

So what are colors and mascot? The wolf and Gold and Black with Green and White.

Great way to build trust between the students and adminstration at a new school "

" While I understand the frustration people having about kids not wearing gang colors etc. play out this scenario.

The schools let the kids wear whatever they want (like at my highschool) and your child wears clothing gang members find offending (red, blue etc.) and shoot your kid for it (again, happened at my school). Then you would be blaming the school for not informing the parents that these are gang colors and asking the school why on earth would you not tell us and let children wear that to school if you knew it was dangerous? Having the knowledge and not acting on it can make the schools liable. Do you think they have money for lawsuits when they cannot afford books? I would rather be frustrated and have to explain to my child rather than attend his funeral because he wore a certain color shirt. We can't legally shoot gang members on site, so until we can this is probably the best option. "

" the wolfs...that sounds pretty nice..black and gold are awesome colors and by the way yvonne...ICP are not metal..they are wannabe rappers and what gang would call the,selves ICP..that is no-sense "

" It is disheartening that the bad an spoil the good; at least the wolf is a strong symbol.

What is the explanation for the color change (wolfs are often shades of gray)?

In regards to the nation's colors...

"it's pretty sad that we have to worry about...not wearing 'red' in a "Blue" neighborhood, or visa versa..."

...in some instances, it is the adults who have mimicked the "gangs" (at public forums regarding healthcare); have you noticed the rude behavior of some who claim they care patriotic? "

" What a great opportunity for a spelling reminder for this old teacher. The plural of wolf is wolves...
Go Wolves! "

" Isn't there a gang in California that uses wolves as their symbol ? "

" I think keeping the phoenix would have been a great way to neutralize that symbol -- Take back the phoenix!

On the other hand, wolves are good. There was a possibility there to honor our local fauna -- coyotes? I suppose that has a bad connotation though.

So, bring back the wolves! (I just watched the Ken Burns National Parks series.)

I'm glad some of the middle school students got to weigh in too. "

" No perfect outcome, but this seems best. Enough whining... let's focus on educating the kids! "

" I still think they totally missed the boat by not making them the American Canyon Patriots and the colors being red, white and blue. "

" grmp29; it would be really confusing with the school being named after the football league. i personally don't like anything and a lot of people i talk to say they have no interest in going to the school because of the changes. they wasted our time by having us vote back in may. they didn't even use our suggestions. "