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Southern York County schools to retire Native American mascot York Dispatch The Southern York County School District will no longer use its Native American mascot following a board decision Thursday night.  The board voted 7-2 Thursday to retire the Susquehannock High School mascot, ending a controversial debate that started nearly a year ago. The district will keep the terms "Susquehannock" and "Warriors" as part of its branding.  Students will design the new logo. Superintendent Sandra Lemmon said the board will receive its first update on the transition next month. Officials started d...

Pennsylvania high school keeps 'Warriors' name, drops mascot April 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail GLEN ROCK, Pa. (AP) — A school board in southern Pennsylvania voted to keep the name of the Susquehannock High School mascot the “Warriors,” but will drop an image meant to portray a Native American fighter. The school board for the Southern York County School District made the decision in a 7-2 vote on Thursday, The York Dispatch reported. The decision followed a review by the board’s diversity committee, a hearing with testimony from Native American advocates and a petition against remov...

York County school officials praise Wolf's vaccine rollout for teachers York Dispatch Officials from several York County school districts spoke in support of Gov. Tom Wolf's announcement that teachers will be among the first to receive incoming doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Wolf announced at a virtual news conference Wednesday that the state is prioritizing educators to receive the new vaccine. He said he expects 94,000 doses of the vaccine to be delivered to the state in the next week, along with another 30,000 doses delivered through a federal partnership to local pharma...