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Advocates for transgender student-athletes marched at Glastonbury High School on Friday to protest a lawsuit brought by a recent alum.
A group of seven people chanted “Protect trans athletes” and “Trans lives matter” on their way to the track where former GHS student Selina Soule once competed. They say she’s responsible for the recent wave of laws that target transgender youth in states like Arkansas and Tennessee.
“This is the track team that Selina Soule came from,” Maren Kuzmak said after the group stopped.
Kuzmak, 19, had a yellow, white, purple and black nonbinary pride flag draped around them.
They brought the group here because Kuzmak hoped the track team, one Kuzmak also was once part of, would confront recent history. Last year, Soule, Canton student-athlete Chelsea Mitchell and Alanna Smith of Danbury sued the governing body of high school sports in Connecticut and their respective school districts over having to compete against two transgender
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BERLIN, CT Each year, two seniors from each member high school are selected to represent their school as the Connecticut Association of Schools – Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CAS-CIAC) Scholar-Athletes. Selection criteria include exemplary academic and athletic careers; personal standards and achievements that are a model to others; and high levels of integrity, self-discipline, and courage. Berlin High School is proud to announce that this year s Scholar-Athlete Award recipients are Jacob Lindsay and Jenna Zup. Both Jacob and Jenna are exemplary students and athletes who maintain a healthy, productive balance between academic and extracurricular activities so they can put their best efforts into all of their commitments. Jacob and Jenna will be recognized as the Berlin High Scholar-Athletes during a virtual event that will be broadcast via local television in the near future.
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First lady Jill Biden is scheduled to visit Meriden next week. Plans for the visit have yet to be announced. Biden is seen here talking with the media after a visit to a Minnesota Elementary School, Sept.9, 2020. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) Advertisement
President-elect Joe Biden and Jill listen during a COVID-19 memorial, with lights placed around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
First lady Jill Biden s necklace says Mama, as she takes a tour of Whitman-Walker Health, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
Connecticut federal court weighs dismissal of Title IX transgender sports case Print this article
A federal court in Connecticut on Friday considered a motion to dismiss a suit alleging that state public schools unfairly disadvantage women in sports by allowing transgender athletes to compete against them.
Attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union, as well as those representing the Connecticut Association of Schools, Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, argued that schools were not in violation of Title IX, a provision prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded schools, because the text of the statute is silent on gender identity s role in sexual discrimination.
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Feb. 10, 2021
Miss Kendra Programs is launching an expansion initiative for Connecticut-based schools to bring the program to more students and teachers across the state. The expansion is supported in part by a new grant from the Connecticut-based Seedlings Foundation. Elementary schools in Connecticut can apply to become a Miss Kendra school and the first 20 accepted schools can apply for a grant up to $15,000 towards the first year of the program.
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Miss Kendra Programs is a trauma-informed, whole-school and whole-child social and trauma-informed emotional learning (SEL) program that equips schools and teachers to proactively address the social and emotional needs of their students.