The64, a new online voting platform is hosting its first-ever National High School Mascot Tournament. Mascots from Fair Lawn, Paterson, Verona, Mount Olive and Vineland were selected as part of ...

and the state Board of Regents for threatening to pull funding from the Massapequa School District over its refusal to end its use of a Native American mascot. Earlier this week, President Trump ...

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 Purple Star designation is valid for three years. The school district will have the opportunity to apply for a designation renewal in fall 2027 to be a member of the Class of 2028. Newsletter ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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) ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad The announced investigation also comes several days after President Donald Trump waded into a local fight over the Massapequa school district's ...

A Massachusetts school district is at the center of a battle over parental rights after it administered a health survey to middle school students in late March that asked children as young as 11 ...