Female Athlete and Parents File Title IX Complaint Against Phoenixville (PA) Area School District

By Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Senior Writer and Professor, Sports Media, Ithaca College Roy H. Park School of Communications, staurows@ithaca.edu For administrators in the Phoenixville (PA) Area School District (PASD), the year 2023 ended with a U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) complaint filed by a high school female athlete and her parents.  One of the questions raised in this case is whether the PASD has failed in providing gender equitable opportunities and