SHORTSVILLE, NY — The new era of the Red Jacket Cardinals has begun. At the Manchester-Shortsville Board of Education meeting July 2, school district officials announced the approval of its new ...

Red Jacket joins Canandaigua, ... in compliance with new guidelines from the New York State Department of Education that ban public schools from using Native American names, ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – The Manchester-Shortsville Central School District announced the approval of its new mascot — the Red Jacket Cardinals. The name change follows consultation with ...

The deadline to respond to a survey offering Cardinals, Rail Hawks or Bears as Red Jacket's new nickname is May 21. ... NY directs schools to change Native American nicknames, ...

Seneca Chief Sagoyewatha took the name Red Jacket because of the red coats he wore during the American Revolution. The Indians nickname had been in use since the 1950s.