Nolan4Mead

Congratuations Lauren, you deserve the gold.

"Veronica" Garcia's 55.7 time may have been the fastest for this race, but for comparison, my son runs a 55.13 in the 400 meter. His time earned him him 2nd place in the year end regional competition for JV Boys - pretty good for a sophomore. I'm proud of my son not only for his accomplishment, but for competing with honor and integrity that Mr Garcia lacks.

The Real Winner
Lauren Matthew, the real WA state champ from West Valley HS in 2A 400 meters. (The trans athlete that won is a boy and shouldn’t qualify in a girls race.) Lauren should be the two time 400 state champion, so we celebrate her.

Good news and bad news to share regarding efforts protect women's sports as well as sex-segregated spaces for our students.

First the good news - the Department of Education announced today it is launching an investigation into OSPI for it's efforts to force violations of Title IX, FERPA and PPRA. These are exactly the concerns I have about the model policy for Transgender Students OSPI is trying to force on our schools. Link to the full press release provided below. All I can say is good hunting.

https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/title-ix-special-investigations-team-launches-directed-investigation-washington-state-superintendents-office-0