NEWNow you can listen to Pak Gazette articles!
Another school district of Maine has taken matters in its own hands in the State dispute over transgender athletes in girls’ sports.
On Tuesday, the Board of Directors of the School Unit of the Maine Region (RSU) No. 24 voted 7-1 to rescind a policy that allows Trans athletes to compete in girls sports.
The rescinded policy, the JB policy, declared that “students will be able to participate according to the gender identity affirmed in the school.”
CLICK HERE for more sports coverage at Foxnews.com
The Superintendent of RSU No. 24, Michael Eastman, confirmed to Pak Gazette Digital that the district and its schools will stop following the policy immediately.
“At its meeting last night, after a respectful deliberation, the RSU Board of Directors No. 24 voted 7-1 (a director was absent) to rescind Policy JB: Transgender and expansive gender students,” said Eastman. “This change will take place immediately. We appreciate the participation last night and we will thank the residents who went to the Board with their thoughts about politics.”
Maine’s girl involved in the battle of Trans athletes reveals how state policies hurt her children’s and sports career
RSU No. 24 operates five public schools in Sullivan, Maine. Hancock County, where Sullivan is found, voted in favor of Donald Trump in the November elections by a margin of 52.9% to 45.3%.
The Eastman district is not the first to amend a gender eligibility policy in recent weeks.
MSAD School Board No. 70 unanimously voted in mid -April to comply with Title IX“Recognize only two sexes, biological men and biological women, and that all private spaces separate by biological sex.”
The superintendent of MSAD No. 70, Tyler Putnam, told Pak Gazette Digital that, due to this vote, it is now indicated to amend district policies to prevent Trans athletes from competing in girls sports.
“The motion addresses me to rewrite our policies to adhere to the motion,” Putnam said. “It is my interpretation that the School Board will seek to approve policies that align biological sex with their specific athletic teams also, that is, biological men will play only with other biological men and the same for biological women. These policies must be approved by the Policy Committee and the Board once rewritten.”
Maine is being sued by the Department of Justice for not reaching an agreement to comply with the executive order to “keep men out of Trump’s women’s sports.” Maine has allowed Trans athletes to compete with girls since 2005, when Maine’s Human Rights Law prohibited discrimination based on gender identity.
The Association of Main of Maine (MPA) updated its policies in 2024 to explicitly allow transgender students to compete in teams that coincide with their gender identity.
The State, particularly its democratic leadership led by Governor Janet Mills, is doubling to challenge Trump and protect the rights of their trans athletes to compete against girls and share the costumes for girls.
Many residents, and now the school districts have taken measures to oppose the factories. There have been multiple protests throughout the State, including two in the State Capitol in August, by activists who seek to protect girls from Trans competitors.
Attention to the problem was magnified last week after an athlete Trans won multiple events at a girl athletics meeting.
A transdentifying athlete who competed for the North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Maine, at the Poland-Nya-Yarmouth-Seacaast meeting, won 1600 meters with a time of 5: 57.27, flying to the second-place corridor that ended with a time of 6: 16.32. In the 800 meters, the Trans athlete had a closer first place with a time of 2: 43.31, a little better than the second place finalist with a time of 2: 44.87.
In October 2023, Pak Gazette Digital reported that this athlete was transgender.
TO survey The coalition of American parents discovered that about 600 registered voters of Maine, 63% said that school sports participation should be based on biological sex, and 66% agreed that it is “just restricting women’s sports to biological women.”
The survey also found that 60% of residents would admit a voting measure that limits participation in Women and girls sports for biological females. This included 64% of independents and 66% of parents with children under 18.
