Syracuse.com Sarah Moses ONONDAGA NATION, N.Y. -- Onondaga Nation leaders and community members hosted the Onondaga Nation School graduation Thursday night. The graduation, which is typically organized by school leaders and held in the school's gymnasium, was moved to the nation's arena amid a debate between the nation and the LaFayette school district. Onondaga Nation … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation School graduation
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School Board Decisions Spur Onondaga Nation Protest
Dispute between Onondaga Nation and Lafayette Schools spills into Syracuse City politics
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
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
Newly hired Onondaga Nation School principal turns down job amid debate
Syracuse.com Sarah Moses LAFAYETTE, N.Y. -- A newly hired principal of the Onondaga Nation School has decided to not take the job, LaFayette Superintendent Laura Lavine said Friday afternoon. Warren Smith, an assistant principal at Wellwood Middle School in the Fayetteville-Manlius School District, was hired to be principal at the school, which is located on the Onondaga … [Read more...] about Newly hired Onondaga Nation School principal turns down job amid debate
Onondaga Nation leaders want district to rescind hiring of nation school principal
ONONDAGA NATION -- A group of Onondaga Nation leaders and community members are calling for the state to investigate the LaFayette Central School District's operation of the Onondaga Nation School and its hiring practices following the appointment this week of a new principal. The group, which includes Tadodaho Sidney Hill, Clan Mother Wendy Gonyea and numerous community … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation leaders want district to rescind hiring of nation school principal