Findings from the second (out of three) investigation in three years at the high school in Darien, Connecticut have found inequities that affect four girl’s sports. Also revealed was that the three complaints have been filed by the same party whose identity was not made known.
The team from OCR found that four of the girls’ teams have inadequate facilities. Gymnastics, which practices at the local YMCA, does not have locker rooms, has a small facility, and also (for some unnamed reason) only competes against one other team.
The softball field, now on campus, still have some issues including lack of dugouts and foul poles (must be tough for umps!).
There are disparities between the practice facilities of the boys’ and girls’ swimming and diving teams regarding access to the pools where the team competes and the ability to practice with the rest of the team (for divers).
The boys also had pre-season access to dry land conditioning facilities that the girls did not.
The school has agreed to the following improvements: