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==Election and riot==

On [[February 4]], [[1976]], an impromptu school election was held in which students were allowed to vote to either keep the name as "Raiders" or change the name back to "Rebels." The students who preferred "Rebels" failed to secure a [[Wikipedia:supermajority|supermajority]] needed to win the ballot, and the next day, a riot ensued over four hours in the school day.<ref name="schoolboard">Richard Robbins. [http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/richard.robbins/Belief/chapter_two.htm "The Belief Machine: The Metaphoric Construction of the World."]</ref> Four students were shot in the violence and twenty-six students were injured by rocks and debris while the calamity involved students smashing windows and trophy cases, as well as fighting with other students. It was estimated that three-quarters of the 2,523 students who attended Escambia High were involved in the riot.