By Elizabeth Doran Syracuse.com The LaFayette school district is considering not renewing its contract with New York state to oversee and operate the Onondaga Nation School, according to a district official. The contract to operate the school ended June 30, 2016 and the school district and Nation are looking at other options for who would operate the school, a … [Read more...] about LaFayette school district considers not overseeing Onondaga Nation school
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Times Union Commentary: School should have indigenous leader
As school districts around the state settle in for the summer, things are anything but settled on the Onondaga Nation, where parents took our children out of the Onondaga Nation School for the last two weeks of the year to protest the refusal once again by the LaFayette Central School District to name an indigenous principal for the all-indigenous school. The Onondaga Nation … [Read more...] about Times Union Commentary: School should have indigenous leader
Onondaga Nation holds special graduation ceremony
LocalSYR.com (WSYR-TV) - Thursday was a special night for students from the Onondaga Nation as they held their graduation ceremony. It comes a little more than a week after the Nation pulled their students from LaFayette schools over its decision not to hire an Onondaga Nation native as the principal of Onondaga Nation School. Thursday’s ceremony though was about … [Read more...] about Onondaga Nation holds special graduation ceremony
Onondaga Nation School graduation
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
School Board Decisions Spur Onondaga Nation Protest
Onondaga Nation Members Remove Children From School
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
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