Court Sides Mostly with School District in Coaching Scandal

A federal judge from the District of Kansas has delivered a mixed ruling in a case involving allegations that a volunteer coach violated the Constitutional rights of multiple students, and that the school district that employed the defendant violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.   In a recitation of facts that are most material to the court’s resolution of the district’s summary judgment motion, the court noted that Aubrey “was a volunteer weight training coach for st