Belding Area Schools is a school district headquartered in

Belding, Michigan Belding is a city in Ionia County in the U.S. state of Michigan, completely surrounded by Otisco Township, Michigan. The population was 5,757 at the 2010 census. History In 1838, six years before John Green came to the area that later would be ...

. Previously the district used the "

Redskin Redskin is a slang term for Native Americans in the United States and First Nations in Canada. The term ''redskin'' underwent pejoration through the 19th to early 20th centuries and in contemporary dictionaries of American English it is lab ...

s" as the mascot. Wes Cummings, who served as the athletic director at Belding, stated that Belding's athletic rivals often made derogatory references to killing Native Americans during sports games. In December 2016 the school board voted to remove the "Redskins" as the school district mascot. the district has since decided to change the name and mascot to the Black Knight.

Administration

* Superintendent : Brent Noskey * High School Principal: Michael Ostrander * Middle School Principal: Joe Barron * Woodview Elementary Principal: Bruce Cook * Ellis Elementary Principal: Brian Babbitt ***As of July, 7th 2022 * School HR : Renee Gillespie

Schools

* Belding High School (9–12) * Belding Middle School (6–8) * Woodview Elementary School (3–6) * Ellis Elementary (K–2)

References

External links

Belding Area Schools
School districts in Michigan Education in Ionia County, Michigan {{Michigan-school-stub