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Benet Academy students, alumni protest after school allegedly rescinds job offer to gay coach An online petition, signed by more than 3,400 people, calls for the reinstatement of lacrosse coach ...

Benet Academy alumni, parents and students rallied on behalf of lacrosse coach Amanda Kammes. September 29, 2021 (Holly Hootman) By Sydney Page. Annie Jacklich’s high school days are long over.

Supporters presented Benet Academy, shown on Sept. 21, 2021, with a petition signed by more than 4,000, decrying the high school’s decision to withdraw its job offer to the coach.

Benet Academy students organized a protest after a job offer for a new lacrosse coach was pulled, allegedly because the candidate is gay. ... Students and alumni have condemned Benet's action, ...

LISLE, Ill. (CBS)-- Benet Academy in Lisle has decided to offer an alumna a job as lacrosse coach after all, after earlier rescinding the offer because the coach is a lesbian. ... alumni, and ...

Benet Academy announced it has hired Amanda Kammes as a lacrosse coach after officials deferred a decision because she was in a same-sex ... fellow Benet alumni, current students, parents, ...

The Benet Academy board of directors has named William Myers as president. ... families, alumni, and donors." Benet Academy, founded in 1887, is an independent Catholic, ...

Benet Academy in Lisle hired a gay lacrosse coach last week after previously rescinding the offer because she is married to a woman – but in a new twist, the abbey that oversees the Catholic ...

Tim Jacklich, a 2016 graduate of Benet Academy, said about 40 alumni, parents and students gathered outside the school in support of a woman who had been offered the job of head coach ...