The Carroll County Board of Education along with the Villa Rica High School principal wants to change Bay Springs Middle School's name and mascot to match the other middle school in Villa Rica: Villa Rica Middle Wildcats. Not only will having two Villa Rica Middle Schools be confusing for parents and students, but it will ruin the heritage of Bay Springs Middle School's 22 year history. The merchandise supporting the school that parents, teachers, and students have purchased throughout the past 22 years will no longer have meaning. Copious amounts of money, time, and resources will go towards this unnecessary change for things such as redesigning the school's website, remodeling the exterior of the school to match the Villa Rica Wildcat alias, and redoing the floors in the gym when that money could be better allocated towards improved teacher pay, interior refurbishing of the school, and more supplies and support for teachers. This petition is a stance against this silly and unnecessary destruction of our community's history and tradition regarding the Bay Springs Middle School Bobcats. Our goal is to reach over 500 signatures of people in the local community who stand against this egregious change (~3% of the population of the city of Villa Rica and ~50% of the population of the amount of currently enrolled students at Bay Springs Middle School).