Coach’s Gender Discrimination Claim Survives Summary Judgment Motion

A federal judge granted in part and denied in part a school district’s motion for summary judgment in a case involving a former high school coach’s allegation that the district discriminated against her because of her gender.   Unified School District No. 233 in Olathe, Kansas, hired Leeann Reed as a track coach for Olathe South High School in August 2000.   The legal controversy involving Reed began on April 19, 2002 at the Kansas University Relays. While there, Reed gave some co