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Pembroke residents urge school committee to push MIAA and review athletics policy for girls' sports
Summary
Multiple Pembroke residents urged the Pembroke School Committee to press the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) and the district to prioritize fairness and safety for girls' sports, while other residents urged sensitivity and reliance on existing MIAA rules; committee agreed to discuss a possible MIAA letter and policy JJIB at a future meeting but made no formal motion.
Dozens of community members addressed the Pembroke School Committee during the meeting's public-comment period, centering a debate over whether participation in girls' school sports should be determined by biological sex rather than gender identity.
Chrissy Nelson told the panel she handed the committee an NCAA policy and a Pennsylvania school policy example and asked the district to "contact the MIAA and formally ask them to change their rules so that males cannot compete in female sports for our girls." She argued that "playing against male athletes endangers our girls physically…
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