Kentucky School District Sued Over 'Boys Only' Fieldhouse

Two female cross-country and track runners at North Oldham High School in Goshen, Ky., and their parents claim a new fieldhouse built with $1 million of taxpayers' money has a "no girls allowed" policy. The lawsuit filed against the Oldham County Board of Education, district superintendent Paul Upchurch and North Oldham principal Lisa Jarret claims the facility (completed in October 2008) "was constructed and designed strictly for the use of boys and boys' athletics." There are no facilities for girls or girls' athletics, nor is there even a restroom for females, the plaintiffs claim.

"The Fieldhouse contains a locker room for football, shower and restroom facilities for boys only, offices for coaches of boys' sports only, a film and meeting room for use of boys and boys' sports only, a training room for use for boys' sports only, a laundry room used for boys' sports only, and even a separate locker room and shower/bathroom for use by visiting boys' teams," according to the complaint, obtained by Courthouse News Service. "The defendants have failed and refused to allow girls at North Oldham High School, including the minor plaintiffs, any use of the Fieldhouse, employing a 'No Girls Allowed' policy, except briefly during the spring, when the defendants allow the girls' track team to use the visiting boys' locker room. For the majority of the school year, girls are excluded from the Fieldhouse, and even the locker room for visiting football teams is off limits to girls, even though that visiting locker room is superior to any facility open to girls at North Oldham High School."

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