Should the student body of Hays High School decide it’s time to ditch its Rebel mascot, the pump is primed for the process to begin, Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright said.

Spurred by dialogue on social media, emails from students and a petition, Wright told the Hays Free Press that district officials are “thinking of what the potential steps might look like” on the way to finding a new mascot.

Whatever the process might look like, Wright was adamant it be student-led, as have simil...