Original sentence: Despite the fact that the politician, having lost the election, later publicly apologized to the student body and retracted the charge of racism, the damage was done and Eaglebeak was not to return.In the early 1990s the high school chose an eagle as its mascot, naming it "Eaglebeak", but without the historical background of the original
Edited sentence: Although that the politician, having lost the election and later publicly apologized to the student body and retracted the charge of racism, the damage was done and Eaglebeak was not to return because of the negative impact it could have on a population of people.Hundreds of submissions were considered and narrowed down to a small number, which was voted on by the student body.In the early 1987 the high school chose an eagle as its mascot after a school wide mascot contest initiated in the fall of 1986 by the Student Council.Regardless of the motivation of the critics, the student government recognized that maintaining a caricature of a race of people as a mascot was demeaning to those people.The students of Palmer High School recognized that being considered racist by even one Native American was not worth the price to maintain a mascot.The winning mascot was an Eagle, keeping theme with the Eaglebeak background