Onondaga Nation

People of the Hills

2017

Onondaga Nation Members Remove Children From School

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Parents protesting against hiring of a non-Native principal over a qualified Native candidate want the process reviewed Alex Hamer • June 22, 2017 The Onondaga Nation has asked the New York State Department of Education to audit the LaFayette School District’s hiring of a non-Native principal over an equally qualified tribal educator after parents yanked their children … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation Members Remove Children From School

Dispute between Onondaga Nation and Lafayette Schools spills into Syracuse City politics

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LocalSYR- Andrew Donovan (WSYR-TV) - As Laura Lavine runs as a Republican for Mayor of Syracuse, she's finishing up her tenure as superintendent of the Lafayette School District. In her final days, the district is being criticized for not working with the Onondaga Nation. Leaders of the Onondaga Nation are upset about the district's decision to not hire Simone Thornton, a … [Read more...] about Dispute between Onondaga Nation and Lafayette Schools spills into Syracuse City politics

Onondaga Nation boycotted school before in 1970s: Native principal hired, language added

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ONONDAGA -- The Onondaga Nation's removal of its children from the nation school is not the first time the nation has boycotted the LaFayette school district. In the early 1970s, Onondaga Chief Lloyd Elm led a similar boycott for similar reasons, according to newspaper archives. Nation members and parents removed children from the Onondaga Nation School Friday in protest … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation boycotted school before in 1970s: Native principal hired, language added

Disgruntled Parents Pull Students After Onondaga Nation Principal Controversy

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SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: More than 100 students in the Onondaga Nation will not be finishing their school year -- at school. Disgruntled parents pulled their kids out of class last week, after an unsettled argument with the district about who should be the school's next principal. The current one is retiring. Tina Yazdani reports.   read more... … [Read more...] about Disgruntled Parents Pull Students After Onondaga Nation Principal Controversy

LaFayette school board will not hire Onondaga Nation’s pick for principal, super says

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Syracuse.com Sarah Moses LAFAYETTE, N.Y. -- LaFayette School Superintendent Laura Lavine said Friday the school board will not select an Onondaga Nation School teacher to be the next principal, but Lavine won't say why the district is no longer considering the teacher. Simone Thornton, a teacher at the school, was one of the three finalists selected by the district's search … [Read more...] about LaFayette school board will not hire Onondaga Nation’s pick for principal, super says