Title IX Activist online

From: edequity@phoenix.edc.org
Date: Wed Apr 19 2000 - 10:27:43 EDT

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    Here's an excerpt froman interesting article:
    http://www.athleticsearch.com/ thence to "what motivates a parent...."

    What motivates a parent or community member to file a Title IX complaint?
    Q&A with Herb Dempsey

    Herb Dempsey, a father of five children (two girls and three boys), has
    spent the last several years filing Office of Civil Rights (OCR) complaints
    and
    working with other parents who have Title IX concerns. He is a
    self-described "pit
    bull" with a mission in life: to gain equality for girls' athletics in our
    public
    schools.

     He began his foray into Title IX legal affairs in 1995 when his
    youngest daughter was in seventh grade, and he had just retired after a
    33-year career as a public school teacher. He had also served as a
    part-time police officer for 20
    years. He felt he had some insight into Title IX because of his teaching
    background, and he had the investigative skills to do something about it
    from his police
    work.

    He is also representative of parents everywhere who are starting to
    demand that schools take more action to comply with Title IX. Here are his
    thoughts
    on why parents file complaints and the different ways they may demand
    action.

    got to the following web site for the rest of the article:
    http://www.athleticsearch.com/ thence to "what motivates a parent...."

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