New York school district sued over new mascot

Long island, New York The school district is faced with the lawsuit of the father and the local leader of civil rights, who claims that the new mascot of the school district is a symbol of white superiority.

William King Moss III, President of the City of NAACP, a former mathematics teacher at Brentwood Union School Quarter and the father of two students Brentwood, filed an appeal against the district on March 26.

Moss’s appeal accuses the district of choosing a “Spartance” as his new mascot, although she was “racially problematic”, claiming that the ancient Greek warrior “hate symbol” Prohibited by state law.

His appeal claims that in January 2024, the district began collecting ideas from the community for a new mascot through an internet research. The answers were narrowed to six options, and the district said he had chosen “Spartans” after this choice received the most votes.

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Moss claimed that other selected options, “Green Machine”, “Bears”, “Owls”, “Bulldogs” and “Eagles” were not members of “recognizable or generally perceived protected class”, such as Spartans.

“Spartans are recognizable and generally perceived protected classes of white non-Latin American in race, white, Greek in national origin, and Spartan or Greek in ethnicity,” the appeal said.

Moss’s lawsuit raises the question of the survey methodology and claims that the district did not act in a democratic way in choosing a mascot, which was to replace its old Indian American topic that was banned.

The complaint states that Moss asked the district to spend another voice. During meetings with the Education Committee last November, Moss warned the district that the selection of a race based on the race would encourage a lawsuit.

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The School Board defended its decision on Moss, according to the alleged e -ace -sent school committee sent in December. The committee claimed that the name of the team was using over a dozen New York school districts and denied that the Spartans imply any “certain ethnic group”.

Moss says the Spartans are “a symbol of white superiority” because it is known that they are known to be “white warriors” who have conquered other groups of people and “enslaved natives called Helota”.

The appeal also accuses the logo of being a symbol of hatred for women’s enrollment in the army, because “ancient Spartans did not allow females to be soldiers in the military.”

Moss accuses the Brentwood schools of violating the clause of state and federal procedures in selecting their team and violations of the clause on state and federal equal protection by selecting the symbol of “white superior” and “male misogynists”, among other complaints listed in the appeal.

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Moss’s appeal asks the district to choose a new mascot and cover the costs of a lawyer.

Brentwood schools have refused to comment on a waiting litigation Fox News Digital. Moss did not immediately return the comment request.

The Wanda Ortiz River school superintendent said in a statement that the selection procedure was carried out in an incorrect manner with the contribution of students, staff and wider community, and the education Committee approved the resolution on November 21, 2024.

The previous mascot of the district team was “Indians”. Was forced to choose a new mascot last April after the Directive from New York Department of Education The school districts are needed to stop using indigenous names, mascots and logos, unless they have the permission of tribal nations.

The schools that rejected In accordance with the rule By the end of the school year 2024-2025. It is said that they can face penalties, including denial of state aid.

The federal judge rejected a lawsuit on Tuesday filed Reported Long Island Press.