The ban, passed in April, requires Massapequa — and nearly 60 other state school districts, including 13 on Long Island — to eliminate their controversial mascots by the 2024-2025 school ...

Driving the news: The school board announced Jan. 6 that it now plans to survey county residents about name and mascot ...

Some people from out of town want Biloxi High School to change its mascot. The BHS Indians marching band played in the Washington, D.C., Cherry Blossom Festival parade earlier this month and drew ...

But to Suffolk County NAACP leader William King Moss III, whose two daughters are students in the district, this new mascot — introduced after Brentwood schools were forced to scrap their Indian ...

The Manhasset School District mascot will be no mascot at all. Instead, the district announced last week that the school’s “Indian” mascot would be replaced by just the school’s name ...

The Massapequa school board agreed Thursday night to comply with the state's ban on team names, mascots and logos with Native American imagery, but resolved to challenge the order in court.

She filmed it and sent a videotape to some like-minded community members on a Facebook page and spoke at local school board meetings calling for the Red Raider mascot to be retired. In the four ...

The move comes as the school looks to comply with the state's 2023 requirement that school districts discontinue the use of mascots that reference Native American names or imagery.

Eugene the Jeep has been the school’s mascot ever since. A “Jimmie” is a nickname for a railroad worker, and Jimtown is right near a rail yard, so Jimtown Jimmies is more than just a catchy ...

but it's worth noting that the high school mascot is a snarling dog, not a guy named Nathan or Oscar. A “Jimmie” is a nickname for a railroad worker, and Jimtown is right near a rail yard ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — On Monday, Oct. 7, the Westhill Central School District announced its new mascot name. Westhill currently uses “Warriors” for its mascot, but committed to changing ...