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Syosset Board to seek extension to retire 'Braves' mascot as community voices objections
Summary
Superintendent Dr. Rogers said the district will apply for a state extension to remove 'Braves' imagery because full replacement of turf and end-zone graphics cannot be completed this school year; public commenters urged the board to preserve the name and students thanked the district for policy changes on kindergarten delay.
Syosset Central School District officials on Wednesday said they will apply to the State Education Department for an extension to retire uses of the district's former "Braves" mascot because some signage and field graphics cannot be replaced before the end of this school year.
Dr. Rogers, the superintendent, reminded the board and public that the state regulation governing mascots remains in force: "The commissioner's regulation 8 NYCRR 1.23 is still in place, hasn't been repealed, and none of the activity and discussion ... has done anything to change that." He said the board adopted a resolution in May 2023 that retired the mascot and that the district is following the…
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