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Tyson Bennett is out as his position of Superintendent following a transgender student being denied a role in the school production of Oklahoma!.
Parents say they're still worried about the right-leaning school board and the influence of conservative politics and religion in local public schools.
Parents say they're still worried about the right-leaning school board and the influence of conservative politics and religion in local public schools.
SHERMAN, Texas — A school district in the conservative town of Sherman, Texas, made national headlines last week when it put a stop to a high school production of the musical “Oklahoma!” after a transgender student was cast in a lead role. The district’s administrators decided, and communicated to parents, that the school would cast only students “born as females in female roles and students born as males in male roles.” Not only did several transgender and nonbinary students lose their parts, b
After a high school production of “Oklahoma!” was halted in conservative Sherman, Texas, something unusual happened: The school board sided with transgender students.