"Where can we maybe combine some resources to offer the same thing to kids and possibly more?” Superintendent Chandler Smith ...

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President Donald Trump is weighing in on a school mascot dispute at Massapequa High ... The name of the town, a middle-class swath of the South Shore where most residents voted for Mr. Trump ...

They claim the state can’t force the Massapequa School District to eliminate the mascot based on its association with Native American culture, according to the U.S. Education Department.

The Massapequa School District is at the center of a heated controversy over its longtime "Chiefs" mascot after New York state education officials ordered districts to retire Native American ...

The announced investigation also comes several days after President Donald Trump waded into a local fight over the Massapequa school district's longtime “Chief" logo, arguing it was ...

O'Hare said the Massapequa school system “stayed silent during the regulatory process” and did not reach out to Indigenous leaders or the department’s Mascot Advisory Committee to determine ...

A marquee outside the Massapequa High School is backdropped by a "Chiefs" mascot mural, in Massapequa, N.Y., Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) ...