‘Biology Matters’: El Paso County Schools Join Lawsuit Defending Girls’ Sports
By Eric Young | The Gazette
Another prominent school district and a prominent charter school in El Paso County are taking on the state over a newly adopted athletics policy.
Academy D-20’s Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt a resolution to direct the district to draft and implement a policy classifying access to locker rooms, restrooms and athletic participation as being based on biological sex during a special meeting June 17.
Two days later, the board voted to authorize D-20 to join a lawsuit filed by neighboring D-49 against Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, the Colorado Civil Rights Division and the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) last month.
The board of directors for The Classical Academy, a charter school authorized by D-20, voted to j...