School District, Coaches Rebuffed in Privacy Dispute Concerning Student Athlete

A federal judge from the Eastern District of Texas has found enough unanswered questions to deny a school district’s motion to dismiss the claim of a student athlete, who alleged that her rights were violated when her coach disclosed her sexual orientation.   Among other things, the court found that Kilgore Independent School District (KISD) was uneven in the application of its policy around disclosure of such information.   The impetus for the litigation was an incident that occurre