BATTLE OVER BLEACHERS: A set of seating is being torn down outside a high school varsity boys baseball field near Detroit, because the fields for boys and girls athletics must be equal. A group of parents raised money for a raised seating deck, as it was hard to see the games through a chain-link fence. The parents did the installation themselves, and also paid for a new scoreboard. But, after someone complained to the U.S Education Departments Office for Civil Rights, an investigation by the department determined the new addition was no longer equal to the girls softball field next door, which has old bleachers and an old scoreboard. Was the decision to remove the seats fair or foul? Read more: myfoxdetroit/story/25095169/baseball-bleachers-taken-down-after-ruling-that-girls-softball-teams-seats-must-be-equal#ixzz2xrZdkOAH
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:37:05 +0000
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