By Bill Hicks
The days of students at Armijo High School rooting for an Indian as their mascot are coming to an end following a unanimous vote Thursday by the Fairfield-Suisun School District board to accept a mascot committee’s recommendation that the Indian name be replaced.
The board voted after a longer-than-usual public comment period, which the board granted after 18 different speakers had petitioned to speak. Normally, speakers are limited to three minutes and the public commentary period capped at 20 minutes, but the board voted to allow all speakers a chance to talk, but cut the speaking time from three minutes per person to two.