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

Michelle Foppe, board president for Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70 ... specialist degree and doctorate from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, according to a press ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The Illinois House passed a bill Tuesday that would ban public schools from using mascots that discriminate against people with disabilities. The bill, if signed into law ...

A long-standing mascot tradition in Freeburg, Illinois, could soon come to an end, as a new bill in the Illinois General ...

Skurtesh said nearly 100 school districts in Illinois will be impacted by this bill, not just Collinsville. In Freeburg, House Bill 3527 is bringing long-simmering tensions to the forefront.

The House passed a bill Tuesday that would ban public schools from using mascots that discriminate against people with disabilities. The bill, if signed into law, currently would affect just one ...