School officials are weighing possible changes to a California high school’s decades-old Arab mascot that the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) has called offensive, the local school superintendent stated.

But Coachella Valley Unified School District Superintendent Darryl Adams provided few details on alterations to be made to the mascot, which features a hooked nose, beard and angry look. He said the changes were still being worked out.

Coachella Valley High School’s sports teams are dubbed the “Arabs” and at games a person in an oversized mask occasionally prances around with belly dancers. ADC  has complained the mascot depicts a harmful stereotype.

Adams said he planned to meet on Wednesday with Abed Ayoub, the ADC’s director of legal and policy affairs. He also said a committee that would include a member of the local Arab-American community would discuss possible changes to the mascot and team logo.

Adams said the ADC was most concerned about the mascot and not the school’s team name. It was adopted in the 1930s to honor the local date-growing industry since date palms are associated with the Middle East.

The use of ethnic team names and mascots has gained new prominence with a campaign this year to pressure the National Football League’s Washington Redskins to change their name. American Indians and others have long pilloried the Redskins moniker as racist.