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Student, parent describe alleged locker-room incident at Skyline High
Summary
At the appeal hearing, the complainant and a student said a male athlete was rostered on a girls' volleyball team and that female athletes were placed in situations that violated their privacy and dignity; the student said teammates felt 'devastated.'
At a Monroe Public Schools Board of Education meeting, a student and her father recounted an incident they said occurred at Skyline High School, in which a male athlete was rostered on the girls' volleyball team and reportedly had access to the girls' locker room while female athletes were changing.
"My daughter and her teammates were put in a situation that no female athlete should ever be put in," the complainant said, describing the event as a failure by adults in charge to protect students. The student who spoke described the episode as "very devastating for all of us girls" and said the person had disguised themselves to appear female, catching teammates off guard.
The family's attorney, Richard Thompson, said the matter raises questions of safety, privacy and dignity for female athletes and urged the board to "right" what he called a wrong. Board counsel earlier reminded attendees that FERPA and the Open Meetings Act limit the identification of minors and that the board would not publicly discuss student records without appropriate consent.
The transcript does not record a board response or a decision in the provided segments; the district's independent investigator previously concluded the complaint was unsubstantiated, a finding the family is now appealing under board policy.
