Posted on Nov 30, 2023
Florida students stage a walkout after transgender sports controversy
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The walkout took place a day after five school staffers, including the principal, were reassigned for reportedly allowing a trans student on the girls volleyball team.
Hundreds of students at a Florida high school staged a walkout on Tuesday after their principal and several other school officials were reportedly reassigned over a transgender student’s participation on the girls volleyball team.
Students at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek, about 15 miles north of Fort Lauderdale, filed out of classrooms and onto the school’s football field at around noon, according to aerial footage from NBC Miami. Some held signs in favor of trans rights, while others chanted “trans lives matter.”The protest came a day after the high school’s principal, James Cecil, and four other staffers were reassigned to non-school sites. It also came amid an ongoing investigation by Broward County officials as to whether the school let a transgender student compete on its girls’ volleyball team, NBC Miami reported, which would violate state law.
Hundreds of students at a Florida high school staged a walkout on Tuesday after their principal and several other school officials were reportedly reassigned over a transgender student’s participation on the girls volleyball team.
Students at Monarch High School in Coconut Creek, about 15 miles north of Fort Lauderdale, filed out of classrooms and onto the school’s football field at around noon, according to aerial footage from NBC Miami. Some held signs in favor of trans rights, while others chanted “trans lives matter.”The protest came a day after the high school’s principal, James Cecil, and four other staffers were reassigned to non-school sites. It also came amid an ongoing investigation by Broward County officials as to whether the school let a transgender student compete on its girls’ volleyball team, NBC Miami reported, which would violate state law.
Florida students stage a walkout after transgender sports controversy
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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Sorry but I agree that biological males should not be allowed to participate in Female Sports. You can paint stripes on a Mule but it doesn't make it a Zebra.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."A lawsuit was filed in June 2021 against the governor, the School Board of Broward County and several other Florida officials, arguing that the measure violated Title IX, a landmark civil rights law that prevents sex-based discrimination at any school that receives funding from the federal government. A plaintiff in the lawsuit — which a federal judge rejected earlier this month — was a teenage girl who intended to try out for her public school’s volleyball team in Broward County and was only identified by her initials, D.N.
Attorneys for the unnamed trans girl did not immediately return a request for comment. When asked if the student in question was the same student referred to in the lawsuit, Licata said he was unaware of the suit’s existence.
Anna Fusco, president of the Broward Teachers Union, suggested that the staffers being reassigned might not have known they were breaking the law by allowing the trans student to compete on the team.
“It’s getting harder and harder for our educators to really understand everything that’s happening,” she said. “Our teachers don’t always understand new laws that come out, old laws that have been out.”
She added, “They just want to show up and be the teacher, the coach, the counselor to help a student thrive.”
Licata said it is unclear if the principal or staffers were aware they were breaking the law, which will be a part of their investigation.
This article was originally published on NBCNews.com"
..."A lawsuit was filed in June 2021 against the governor, the School Board of Broward County and several other Florida officials, arguing that the measure violated Title IX, a landmark civil rights law that prevents sex-based discrimination at any school that receives funding from the federal government. A plaintiff in the lawsuit — which a federal judge rejected earlier this month — was a teenage girl who intended to try out for her public school’s volleyball team in Broward County and was only identified by her initials, D.N.
Attorneys for the unnamed trans girl did not immediately return a request for comment. When asked if the student in question was the same student referred to in the lawsuit, Licata said he was unaware of the suit’s existence.
Anna Fusco, president of the Broward Teachers Union, suggested that the staffers being reassigned might not have known they were breaking the law by allowing the trans student to compete on the team.
“It’s getting harder and harder for our educators to really understand everything that’s happening,” she said. “Our teachers don’t always understand new laws that come out, old laws that have been out.”
She added, “They just want to show up and be the teacher, the coach, the counselor to help a student thrive.”
Licata said it is unclear if the principal or staffers were aware they were breaking the law, which will be a part of their investigation.
This article was originally published on NBCNews.com"
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