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Lesbian coach wins settlement.(Merry Stephens)(Brief Article)
An award-winning high school basketball coach has negotiated a settlement after alleging that the school was trying to fire her because of her sexual orientation.
Merry Stephens was named "Teacher of the Year" in 2004 and "Coach of the Year" in three of the five years she was the head coach of the Lady Wildcats. According to Stephens, she was subjected to intense harassment by a new superintendent in 2003 due to her sexual orientation. In December 2004, the school board proceeded with motions to fire her with one and a half years left on her contract.
"In my 15 years of representing workers throughout Texas, rarely have I seen such bigotry and ...
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...s also on the practice shirts the Lady Wildcats basketball teams wears. Before the...the cards talked about winning, the Lady Wildcats haven't needed cards to believe in...22-7 overall record, the view the Lady Wildcats have is pretty sweet. For the seniors...
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- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News September 16, 2009 700+ words
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In five years as coach of the Bloomburg High School Lady Wildcats basketball team in east Texas, Merry Stephens led her players to numerous championships, broke several district coaching records, and racked up three Coach of the Year awards...
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...fate is at the same crossroad. The Lady Wildcats were 8-0 against district competition...final at Warner Park. But there the Lady Wildcats lost 4-3. Millwood is a junior right...pitched most of the innings for the Lady Wildcats this year and was the starter and losing...
- Rising Above.
- Newspaper article from: Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, TX) April 1, 2007 700+ words
...young program, but this season the Lady Wildcats broke through, winning the District...This season, he helped guide the Lady Wildcats into the playoffs, which may have...Last season, Kromer expected the Lady Wildcats to challenge for a playoff spot, but...
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- Newspaper article from: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) October 27, 2009 700+ words
Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN Lady Wildcats move to second round of District...four seniors, even though the Lady Wildcats took the court for the first...have their moment, after the Lady Wildcats dismissed the Lady Wolves of...
