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Student senate asks board for clarity on graduation cords policy and mascot process
Summary
Students urged the Shenendehowa Central School District board to clarify BOE Policy 7225 on graduation cords and explained concern that the district lacks an official mascot, asking how a replacement for the 'Plainsman' name will be chosen.
Student representatives told the Shenendehowa Central School District Board of Education that they want clearer rules for which student groups may have courts, cords and sashes at graduation and asked for a defined process to select a new mascot name.
At the board meeting, a student speaker said BOE Policy 7225 determines which clubs and honor societies can have cords and graduation courts and asked the board to provide a clearer explanation of the criteria used to approve those recognitions. The…
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