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McCartney v. Chouteau Public Schools
United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Result of Lawsuit:
Settlement Agreement filed with the Court.
Highlights of Settlement:
1. The School District agreed to make improvements
to the softball field, including a moveable outfield
fence to accommodate slow pitch and fast pitch
softball, modification of the press box so as to be
equivalent to the press box at the baseball field, maintenance of the field by School District personnel, a batting cage, dugouts with dugout benches which duplicate those on the baseball field, and a bullpen area.
2. The School District agreed to assign the football locker room to girls for girls use the second semester of every school year.
3. The School District agreed to facilitate meaningful use of the weight training facilities, to include a special instruction for coaches of female teams in the use of the weight room.
4. The School District agreed to ensure that the female locker room complex has sufficient and appropriate weight training equipment for strength and conditioning training of its female athletes. The School District agreed to ensure that coaches of female teams receive special instruction regarding the value of strength and conditioning and proper weight lifting techniques for female athletes.
5. The School District agreed to conduct a sports interest survey for the specific purpose of determining interest in volleyball and soccer at the high school level and volleyball, soccer and softball at the middle school level. If sufficient interest is shown in these sports, the School District agreed to provide for this interest.
6. The School District agreed to institute specific training related to gender equity in school sponsored sports to be delivered to the District's Administrative and Athletic staff, along with volunteers who are associated with the District's program of school sponsored sports.
7. The School District agreed to reserve the next coaching position hiring for a girls' team head coach.
8. The School District agreed to provide off season training to female athletes, equivalent to that provided to its male athletes.
9. The School District agreed that its coaches shall be responsive to requests from college recruiters for information regarding female athletes.