After a student-led design and voting process, the high school in Rancho Cucamonga is dropping its Native American mascot.

Roaring with anticipation, students at Alta Loma High in Rancho Cucamonga packed the school gymnasium, eager to find out their new mascot at a school-wide assembly on Thursday morning, March 13.

The Paralympic mascot of the New York 1984 Games, Dan D. Lion, was designed by Maryanne McGrath Higgins, a local art teacher. His name was chosen through a vote by students at the Human Resources ...