Settlement signed in Sitka gender equity dispute
The Sitka School District has reached a settlement in a gender equity dispute over the community’s new ball field. The resolution averts a potential investigation of Title IX violations.
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Fulton aims for ‘equal education for all’
Tim Fulton represents a kind of school board candidate who is becoming more common lately: He started six years ago on the board just as his daughter was poised to enter high school. Two terms later, his daughter long since graduated, Fulton wants to keep working on behalf of children.
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New ballfield prompts Title IX complaint against Sitka Schools
A multi-million dollar baseball field in Sitka has opened the door to a possible civil rights investigation based on gender discrimination. The US Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights notified the Sitka School District in July that it had received a complaint about the new field, and the district’s alleged failure to provide comparable practice and competition facilities for girls’ softball.
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