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Columbia County residents ask commissioners to press schools on locker-room and sports policies under Title IX
Summary
Multiple residents used the June 11 Columbia County Board of Commissioners meeting public comment period to urge the county to push local school boards to restrict access to girls' locker rooms and sports teams, invoking Title IX and proposing withholding tax dollars; no formal county action was taken.
Several Columbia County residents used the June 11 Board of County Commissioners public comment period to ask county leaders to press local school boards to change policies on student access to locker rooms and athletic teams, citing Title IX and threats to withhold funding.
Chris Bridal, a Deer Island resident, told the board he wanted a county resolution “to get rid of the mental illness in the junior high over here,” and asked the county to include penalties for what he described as boys using girls’ locker rooms and participating on girls’ sports teams. Bridal also said, “I pay $8,000…
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