Absolutely. If the community had expressed particular feelings it would be incumbent on the school to take them into account
But we come back to the fact that all available from folk-community sources says blackface is of racist origins and the main propenents proudly call it niggering.
What choice did the school have? With that evidence from our community, they have no need nor obligation to look any further at all.
There is no point to this discussion unless it addresses this fact.