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Vol. 8, No. 42
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A condensed season in store BY R O S E W E L D ON Leaders in the Port Washington school district’s athletics department discussed the future of physical education and interscholastic sports before the district’s school board at its meeting on Tuesday night. The meeting was held via Google Duo, broadcast on YouTube. District Athletic Director Stephanie Joannon and newly PHOTO VIA INSTAGRAM, COURTESY OF MEDUSA LACROSSE hired Assistant Director Nick Schratwieser were present to Medusa Lacrosse’s Little Laxers play their favorite sport in their costumes of choice. show the board how their department was faring as the COVID-10 pandemic wears on. “We just kind of went through the different levels throughout the district, and we’re going to tell you a little bit about what we’re doing,” Schratwieser said at the outset of the presentation. Schratwieser began by discussing the steps taken to protect B Y R O S E W E L D O N Education will discuss changing ter of the Montaukett tribe and ing for the mascot to be changed students in physical education the Indian mascot at its meeting Jeremy Dennis of the Shinnecock that started around the time the classes. Indian Nation, both based on the former Washington Redskins anFollowing rising pressure on Thursday. “Our P.E. classes this year are District Superintendent Vin- East End, became the first Native nounced that they would be retirdefaulting to our outdoor spaces from alumni and indigenous Continued on Page 33 groups, the Manhasset Board of cent Butera confirmed in an email figures to specifically request the ing their name and logo. Over a week before the to Blank Slate Media that the mascot be changed. The conversation began with planned meeting, the Manhasitem was “scheduled to be Manhasset alumni who viewed set Justice Initiative, which has discussed” at the meeting. The discussion will take the mascot to be outdated and campaigned against the mascot place less than two months racist, and a Change.org petition for months, held an information after Sadanyah FlowingWa- with over 3,000 signatures callContinued on Page 33
School board to discuss mascot Controversial Indian logo to be debated following outcry from students, alums
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