Freeburg Community High School’s mascot, the “Midgets,” is considered a slur used against people with dwarfism.

House Bill 1237, which was passed by the Illinois House, bans schools from using Native American names, mascots, or logos, ...

A bill has passed the Illinois House that would prohibit disability mascots. By a vote of 71-38, the measure moves to the ...

Freeburg Community High School’s mascot, the “Midgets,” is considered a slur used against people with dwarfism. The school’s ...

The bill, if signed into law, currently would affect just one high school in St. Clair County. Freeburg Community High School ...

The Illinois House on Thursday passed a bill that would ban schools from using Native American names, mascots, or logos.

Freeburg Community High School’s mascot, the “Midgets,” is considered a slur used against people with dwarfism. The school’s administration did not reply to a request for comment.

We’ve been doing this right for a long time, let us continue that opportunity,” one metro-east superintendent said.

Five public schools in the United States use the “Midget” name for their mascots. One of the schools that sport the image is Freeburg High School, known as the “Mighty Midgets” for nine ...

Freeburg Community High School’s mascot, the “Midgets,” is considered a slur used against people with dwarfism. The school’s administration did not reply to a request for comment.