Federal Title IX probe rocks Camas School District after trans runner controversy, superintendent pushes back
Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation into Washington state's Camas School District today to determine whether it violated Title IX.
Key points
- 'HEARTBROKEN' WASHINGTON STATE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS NO CONSEQUENCES FOR GIRLS WHO PROTESTED TRANSGENDER RUNNER In an interview with OutKick on Thursday, Anzalone said he was confident the district had handled the controversy appropriately and didn't expect the federal investigation to uncover any violations.
- They alleged that an independent investigator failed to take steps to protect the girls and instead questioned whether they were "transphobic" or "hate trans people." This all comes on the heels of the Camas runner switching from the boys to the girls' team in the middle of the season, which ended Saturday in the state finals.
- Last month, Clark County Today quoted an anonymous Camas parent who said the following: "[Biological male’s name redacted] entered a hotel room shared by three girls to take an ice bath,’’ the parent said.
But Camas School District Superintendent John Anzalone isn't particularly worried.
Think the controversy surrounding the male Camas High cross-country runner who switched to the girls' team ended when the season did?
Additional details
- Presumably, he stripped down to his shorts and sports bra like the girls do among themselves for the ice bath.’’ Anzalone, however, said the ice bath incident was "highly blown out of proportion" and that district administrators never felt anything inappropriate had occurred.
- I pushed back on Anzalone's characterization of the ice bath incident, pointing out that the tradition generally involves athletes of the same sex and that one girl reportedly felt uncomfortable enough to leave the room.
- PARENTS SPEAK OUT ON THE INGRAHAM ANGLE AFTER GIRLS FORFEIT RACE OVER BIOLOGICAL MALE RUNNER But when I asked whether he understood why mixing genders in such a setting would concern parents and athletes, he acknowledged the point.
- The runner finished 76th in a JV meet in his first race as a boy, but won a varsity meet upon switching to the girls' team and prevented girls from advancing to the regional and state meets.
- "And if there were, and we made a misstep somewhere, we'll move forward and correct that." This came after a back-and-forth regarding the ice baths, which Anzalone downplayed.
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