Transgender teen who prompted Florida school shakeup had been suing for two years
MIAMI — A day after the Broward County school district reassigned five employees because of a controversial sports issue involving a transgender student at a high school, Broward Schools Superintendent Peter Licata said on Tuesday that an anonymous tip triggered the investigation and that the school district will change its processes because of it. Though the student’s parents sued the district more than two years ago in hopes of keeping her on female sports teams, Licata said he was “unaware of any lawsuit” and it had no bearing on his decision. On Monday, the school district reassigned five ...