School board to vote on signage for Kaukauna High School Galloping Ghost
KAUKAUNA — The Kaukauna Area School District Board of Education on Monday is expected to vote on a plan to add signage to the Galloping Ghost statue at the entrance to the high school.
The statue has been at the heart of a brewing controversy after a group of students expressed concern that the statue looking like a hooded Ku Klux Klansman and gives the wrong impression to visitors about the values of the district.
The students never asked the school board to drop the mascot, but to move the statue from the front of the school.
In response to the students’ concerns, the district in March proposed three options:
Maintain the presence of the statue as is
Maintain the statue and enhance it with signage
Relocate the statue away from the front entrance of the high school