KAITLYNN WHEELER: School Boards Can’t Be Allowed To Fail Our Girls

I stood up at the Saratoga Springs school board meeting alongside athletes, parents, and concerned citizens—some driving in from neighboring districts. The crowd filled every corner of the room. Why? Because they’re tired of being ignored. Tired of watching their daughters be sidelined by policies that prioritize ideology over biology, activism over academics. My message to the board was simple: protect women and girls.

The school board had already passed a resolution allowing males to compete in girls’ sports and access girls’ locker rooms. That decision didn’t just ignore biology and federal law—it ignored the very people they were elected to represent and protect.

Schools don’t own the children they educate. Parents do. And parents aren’t stupid. They see what’s happening. Parents in Saratoga Springs, New York, are not going to roll over while the school board tramples civil rights and strip their daughters of privacy — and history, while erasing fairness from women’s sports. Girls deserve equal opportunities, fair competition, and private spaces. They deserve to grow up in schools where they are safe—not politicized.

Title IX was passed more than 50 years ago to ensure women and girls had equal access to education and athletics. Today, that promise is under assault — not just from activist groups, but from elected officials who would rather appease an agenda than uphold the law. In Saratoga Springs, the board’s decision is in violation of President Trump’s Executive Order ensuring boys cannot invade girls’ sports and spaces.