The news comes just weeks before a June 30 deadline to comply with the state's ban on Native American mascots and other ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon says her agency found that New York’s ban on tribal themed mascots in public schools discriminates against Native Americans.

The state has set a June 30 deadline for districts to comply with a ban on Native American mascots, team names and logos in public schools.

New York state education officials might face a U.S. Justice Department investigation into potential Title VI of the Civil Rights Act violations related to a public school's chosen mascot.

Currently, the district, its staff and students are fighting to keep the school’s mascot name and logo intact. Massapequa has been in a contentious legal battle against New York State’s 2023 ...

By Troy Closson The New ... school districts banish mascots that appropriate Native American culture or risk losing funding. After parents in Massapequa, N.Y., protested the elimination of the ...

The Massapequa School District has led a national charge against the state’s ban on mascots, names and logos that possess ...

with that mascot receiving 79% of the votes. While a new nickname has been chosen, the work is not done. The school district will now put its efforts toward developing a new logo. Any remnants ...

allow the district to maintain the Chief nickname and permit other schools to choose their preferred mascots. She added that she was alarmed that New York would deny Massapequa the chance to ...

The mascots for the district’s two other high schools are the Antlers (Elkhorn High) and the Storm (Elkhorn South High). The district broke ground on the new high school earlier this summer.