A recent lawsuit against the Kilgore ISD has been settled for $77,000. Two softball coaches, Rhonda Fletcher and Cassandra Newell, called Skye Wyatt, a 16-year-old player, to a practice off-campus. When Skye and the rest of the team arrived, the coaches dismissed everyone but Skye. They then harassed her, accusing her of being a lesbian and threatening to out Skye to her mother which they did approximately 40 minutes later.
However, Skye’s mother sued the school district for a breach of her daughter’s privacy. Though the school district claims in the settlement that it was a business decision due to the expense of protracted legal cases, commentators note that the settlement included a stipulation that all Kilgore ISD members be trained annually about student privacy rights and that the training must include privacy rights and sexual orientation. All in all, another victory for individual and privacy rights of minors.
