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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.
"At times, the district has suggested that it has no intention of complying with these regulations," the NYSED said to ...
A Native American group is pleased with the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to refer an investigation into New York ...
Authorities say they responded to a home on Rivers Edge Drive on reports of a shooting at about 2 a.m. on June 14. Upon ...
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 ...
Education Secretary Linda McMahon says her agency found that New York’s ban on tribal themed mascots in public schools discriminates against Native Americans. Four months ago, a school district ...
Center Point-Urbana beat out 68 other teams in Sports Illustrated's annual NCAA tournament-style high school mascot bracket. Center Point-Urbana's mascot is the Stormin' Pointers. If the district ...
The Education Department launched an investigation Friday into the New York Department ... money from a local school district because of its Native American mascot. The mascot, an illustration ...
New York’s education leaders moved to ban Native American-inspired mascots in 2022, drawing a lawsuit from the Massapequa school district. Now, the president has weighed in. By Troy Closson As ...
Athletic teams in the Amityville Union Free School District have a new mascot. One year after the district sued the New York State Board of Regents seeking federal permission to keep its long ...
A New York teacher filed a lawsuit against a Long Island school district, claiming that its new mascot, the Spartan, is “a symbol of white supremacy.” William King Moss III, a local National ...