The Gettysburg Area School District board has reportedly voted to rehire a transgender tennis coach following controversy in the girls’ locker room.
“The Gettysburg Area School District Board voted 6-to-2, with one member absent, to renew tennis coach Sasha Yates’ contract for the fall,” PennLive reported in early September.
Gettysburg High School Principal Jeremy Lusk reportedly sent a memo to coaches in September 2022, warning that it was “important to maintain professional boundaries” after the coach, a biological male, allegedly engaged in controversial behavior in the girls’ locker room.
“The memo states that Yates changed near a student in the girls’ locker room, although Yates said he only removed her top in a hidden corner, and that he talked to the student about underwear preferences and periods, although Yates said he did not remember asking. such a question,” PennLive reported.
The outlet further said, “[Board President Kenneth] Hassinger also noted that the board had fielded two other complaints that Yates had used the women’s restroom, and had walked through the girls’ locker room on his way to meetings.
A transgender tennis coach has been rehired by the Gettysburg school district after she transitioned in the women’s locker room in front of students. Getty Images
The Epoch Times newspaper also wrote about the teacher’s alleged conduct.
“In the fall of 2022, the tennis coach entered the girls’ locker room where the girls’ soccer team was changing. Mr. Yates changed his clothes as well, stripping down to his shirt and underwear, a school board member familiar with the situation told The Epoch Times, adding that students reported that it was clear from what they saw that Mr. Yates was still fully male,” reported The Epoch Times.
The Epoch Times also quoted local parent Steve Carbaugh, who claimed that Yates had followed his 16-year-old daughter into the girl’s bathroom during a softball game and tried to strike up a conversation with her there, noting that the situation made him very uncomfortable.
Carbaugh reportedly contacted the school afterward and told the Epoch Times, “As far as I’m concerned, they can’t protect my child while in their care at this point.”
PennLive also spoke with Tristan Smith, the captain of the Gettysburg boys tennis team who has helped coach the girls team in Yates’ absence.
“The issue of Coach Sasha only changing in the girls’ locker room was resolved immediately,” Smith claimed, with others pointing out at the board meeting that district coaches now only use single-occupancy rooms to change.
A local parent said she felt the school was unable to keep her daughter safe as a result of the controversy. Getty Images
“There is no validity to the disgusting allegations I’ve heard about my coach,” Smith said, later adding, “I can’t stand here and refuse to admit that blatant transphobia is the primary motivation behind this uproar.”
FOX News Digital reached out to the Gettysburg Area School District, coach Yates, principal Lusk, and athletic director Casey Thurston for comment and did not receive a response as of publication.
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