A Wisconsin-based law firm filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education on Thursday requesting an investigation into a Wisconsin school district’s alleged failure to address an incident at a local high school, where a transgender-identifying male showered naked in front of four female students.
As The Federalist previously reported, the purported incident occurred on March 3 at Sun Prairie East High School (EHS), when an 18-year-old male student, who claims to be a woman, allegedly showered unclothed in the girl’s school locker room in the presence of four female, freshmen students.
Following an allegedly lackluster response in addressing the incident from school and district officials, the Wisconsin Institute of Law and Liberty (WILL), a state-based law firm, sent a letter to the Sun Prairie Area School District (SPASD) on April 19 requesting any and all communications related to the matter. On May 10, the district’s special counsel informed WILL it would cost more than $11,000 to fulfill such a request.
In its complaint filed today with the Education Department, WILL documents numerous purported incidents showing how school and district officials failed to properly address the situation and abide by existing Title IX guidelines. In the case of EHS Associate Principal Heidi Walter, WILL alleges that Walter failed to inform the school’s Title IX coordinator about the disturbance after it was reported to the student services center by one of the victims’ associates.
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