![]() ![]() ![]() That review found the district out of compliance with Title IX – with unequal athletic opportunities for girls and boys. They marked the final, and most costly, projects as the district seeks a return to compliance with Title IX following a 2008 review by the Office of Civil Rights. The new girls basketball locker rooms at Hoggard and Laney were completed in mid-August after the district appropriated $41,000 for renovations at Hoggard and $8,500 for improvements at Laney. My girls probably just felt like second-class citizens because the boys had such nice facilities, but now they feel like first-class citizens." "It's more like a college atmosphere now than in the past. "Everyone that's been in there has been overwhelmed, especially the girls that have been with me for a while," coach Ray Beatty said. ![]() ![]() It's a carbon copy of the boys locker room.īut a doorway cut into the left-hand wall provides a glimpse into what the girls locker room used to be: A hallway with rusty lockers and barely enough room to turn around. The team's renovated locker room has varnished wood lockers and ample floor space. When the Hoggard girls basketball team finishes practices and games this year, players get a view of past and present. ![]()
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