Tahlequah Public Schools Logo

I've been receiving some grief about this logo. Much more than I expected. (Teachers complain a lot anyway, but that's neither here nor there...)

The name of our school district is "Tahlequah Public Schools". In the past, people here have abbreviated it as "TPS". Tulsa, OK, and the Tulsa Public Schools district is only 1 hour away. While we're not nearly as large, our district is getting larger and our branding (imo) needs to be distinct. So adding the 'Q' seemed pretty logical to me since it's pretty uncommon and seems to work.

Anyway, I wanted to get some feedback from the design community - does the Q work or do you think I should pursue a different route?

(NOTE: I was told not to create an "image logo"... why, I do not know...)