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Keesee v. Holdenville Public Schools
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
Result of Lawsuit:
Settlement Agreement filed with the Court.
Highlights of Settlement:
1. The School District agreed to encourage increased
female participation in school-sponsored sports, and
to take affirmative steps to increase that participation.
This is to include fully funding Freshman and Junior
Varsity teams. The School District also agreed to add Junior High fast pitch softball.
2. The School District agreed to conduct a
student interest survey to specifically include volleyball, soccer,
tennis, cheerleading and golf at all grade levels.
3. The School District agreed to ensure that softball participants play the
maximum number of available games as are available to baseball
participants, at all grade levels.
4. The School District agreed to provide all female athletes with uniforms comparable to those provided to its male athletes.
5. The School District agreed to establish coaching offices in such a way that access to the office by a female student does not require a
female student to enter a male locker room.
6.The School District agreed to make changes to the softball field which will ensure equivalency to the baseball field.
7. The School District agreed to publish to its students its commitment to equal opportunity for male and female student athletes.
8. The School District agreed to provide equivalent attention to female teams as male teams, in connection with school announcements, advertisements, assemblies, signs, and school publications.