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A Broward school district employee who allowed her transgender daughter to play girls’ volleyball, prompting a state investigation, will not lose her job.
In a lengthy discussion Tuesday, the Broward County School Board postponed the vote on whether to suspend or terminate a Broward Schools employee and mother of a transgender athlete.
A Broward principal and two of his staff members have been cleared of wrongdoing and were allowed to assume their responsibilities Wednesday amid the investigation surrounding a transgender athlete playing on a girls’ sports team at the school last year.
Monarch High School administrators are not appealing the state’s finding, but are asking the $16,500 fine be reduced following revelations the high school allowed a transgender athlete to play on its girls volleyball team, contravening Florida law and athletics policies.
State athletics officials have fined a Broward County high school for allowing a transgender athlete to play on its girls volleyball team, contravening Florida law and athletics policies.
Students at a Broward County high school walked out of the classroom Tuesday, one day after the district announced it was reassigning the school’s principal and several other staff members amid a probe into a transgender athlete.
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A father who picked up his son at football practice got into the middle of an altercation, but it was when a gun showed up that BSO began to investigate.
PLANTATION, Fla. - Although Broward County is no longer in the cone of Hurricane Dorian, three shelters will be open as a precaution. The three general population shelters are Atlantic Technical College's Arthur Ashe Jr. campus in Fort Lauderdale, Monarch High School in Coconut Creek and Everglades High School in Miramar. Although Broward County is not expected to be directly impacted by Dorian, there is a tropical storm watch in effect. "It's totally voluntary," Broward County Mayor Mark Bogen said. Broward County officials reminded residents who take advantage of the shelters that provisions are limited.
