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.

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.

Tim Jacklich, a 2016 graduate of Benet Academy, said about 40 alumni, parents and students gathered outside the school […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 67°F.

LISLE, Ill. (WLS) -- There was a protest outside Benet Academy in Lisle Monday morning after the Catholic school pulled a job offer for a new girl's lacrosse coach allegedly because the candidate ...

Benet Academy announced Tuesday that it has hired a new girl's lacrosse coach whose employment decision had been deferred after officials at the Catholic school learned she was in a same-sex marriage.

The chancellor of Benet Academy said in September he was “deeply troubled” by the school’s decision to hire a girls lacrosse coach in a same-sex marriage.

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 ...

LISLE, Ill. – After controversy over the hiring of a gay lacrosse coach, Benet Academy is separating from the Benedictine monks who have overseen the prestigious private school. Released Tuesday ...

Hayden Schroeder had eight points and was the only player on either team to score in all four quarters. Perhaps the most positive takeaway for Wheaton Academy was that it outscored Benet in the ...