"Our devil doesn’t represent the actual devil."
Principal Darlene Lebo’s phone rang nonstop Monday, and her email inbox filled up, all with people wanting to know one thing.
Was there really a proposal to dump the Green Devil, a symbol of St. Pete High School since the 1920s, in favor of a Pelican?
“She said it was true,” said Lisa Day Walker, Class of 1984, who made one of those calls.
Walker put a post on Facebook urging alumni to attend the school’s 6 p.m. advisory committee meeting, where the idea would be discussed. She wasn’t alone, as several school-related organizations took to social media asking Green Devils to unite in support of their shared history.
“St. Pete people love their Green Devils,” Lebo said.
More than 200 current and former students showed up, many decked out in green and white, for what Lebo said was the school’s best-attended advisory committee meeting that she could recall.
They didn’t face much of a fight.
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