Manhasset mascot’s future still on hold

BY ROBERT PELAEZ

Members of the Manhasset Board of Education are seeking more clarifcation on proposed requirements by the state’s education department to have school districts stop using mascots, team names or imagery depicting Native Americans during Thursday night’s public meeting.

The state DOE released a memo on Nov. 17 informing school districts that do fall under that category, such as Manhasset, to adopt a resolution to eliminate the names of all indigenous names, logos and mascots by the end of the 2022-23 school year.

Superintendent Gaurav Passi said all indications from the state’s education department and its council of superintendents point to the regulations being adopted.

Ofcials did not go into specifcs on what

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