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The California Department of Education (CDE) has stood by its demand that the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District (TTUSD) switch sports associations to a league that allows biological male trans athletes to compete in girls’ sports.
The switch would require the school to embark on much longer and more treacherous road trips to competing schools, causing distress and safety concerns among students and parents.
Students would have to travel through California’s Donner Pass, a 7,056-foot-high mountain pass. During winter, the pass is known for being dangerous due to extreme weather conditions like heavy snowfall, strong winds and icy roads. The high elevation and frequent storms contribute to treacherous travel conditions, including the potential for avalanches.
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At a school board meeting this week, locals expressed their opposition to the CDE’s mandate for the TTUSD to switch from the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF).
Truckee High School girls’ track and field athlete Ava Cockrum spoke about the danger the commute would impose on her and other students.
California forces school district into treacherous mountain travel over trans athlete policy
