Several volleyball players and their coach successfully sued the university in 2009 after it announced it would eliminate volleyball for budgetary reasons and replace it with a competitive cheer squad. U.S. District Court Judge Stefan R. Underhill ruled in their …
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Cheerleading Can’t Count as Sport for Title IX, Appeals Court Rules – Education Week News (blog)
The decision is “broadly applicable,” according to Neena Chaudhry, senior counsel at the National Women’s Law Center, meaning that K-12 schools also can’t count competitive cheer squads as varsity sports for the purposes of Title IX, the federal law which …
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ubManitowoc County Teachers College important in history of local education – Herald Times Reporter
Manitowoc County Teachers College, as it would come to be known, offered a diverse range of activities for its students including basketball, football, volleyball, a cheerleading squad, pep club, conservation camps, a chorus and forensics club. …
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EDUCATION NOTEBOOK – SunHerald.com
St. Mary was a member of the OLA Campus Ministry, Student Ministry and varsity softball and volleyball teams and St. Stanislaus cheerleading squad. St. Mary also was named to the St. Stanislaus Homecoming Court her sophomore and senior years. …
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Education Notes: Vickers graduates from UGA School of Law – Newnan Times-Herald
Much of her extra-curricular time was spent either dancing with Bettina Carroll’s School of Dance or cheering for the East Coweta Indians. Vickers served as a captain of the Varsity Cheerleading Squad her senior year at ECHS. After graduating from high …
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Education notes – Arizona Daily Star
La Paloma Academy is expanding student offerings for the upcoming school year with the addition of a football team and cheerleading squad. The charter school will compete against teams in the Pop Warner organization such as the Marana Tigers and the …
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Supreme Court Refuses Appeal of ‘Silent’ Cheerleader – Education Week News (blog)
HS went home, and she was removed from the cheerleading squad the next day. (She later rejoined the squad.) A federal district court dismissed the family’s claims against the school district and school officials, as well as additional claims filed …
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New Schools Superintendent Attends First Board of Education Meeting – Patch.com
Members of Foran’s cheerleading squad accepted the board’s recognition for placing third in the national competition held in Orlando. The Unified Sports team, comprised of Special Olympics athletes who are paired with partners of similar age and …
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Education Notes: Feb. 23 – Lexington Herald Leader
In the cheer division, Lexington Traditional Magnet School was the grand champion, and Morton’s “A” Team won the best choreography award. In dance, Edythe J. Hayes was the grand champion, with Leestown’s hip-hop squad taking best choreography honors. …
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Lufkin’s PACE program offers advanced education for kids – Lufkin Daily News
Students who started in the Lufkin school district’s PACE program in kindergarten have gone on to be co-captain of the cheerleading squad, captain of the …
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