“We’re not done fighting this yet, and I hope you’re not done because Mr. Mitchell is an incredible person, an incredible teacher, and we need to keep him here,” Harper said as he addressed the ...

Tumwater City Council member and aspiring mayor Leatta Dahlhoff told The Olympian she plans to request a joint meeting with the Tumwater School District board of directors to talk about budget ...

“Tumwater School District was made aware that some students at a recent track meet were wearing shirts with the message 'Keep women’s sports female' after their event was completed.

Controversies over transgender athletes in girls' sports led to protests, lawsuits and defiance of Trump's executive order in the 2024-25 school year.

A Washington state schools agency director alleges she was fired after voting with her local school board to bar trans girls from competing in girls’ sports.

The school board president voted to support banning transgender girls from competing on girls sports teams in February.

The Tumwater School District also voted to ban transgender athletes from playing on girls’ sports teams earlier this year too. In a statement about the track event, ...

The Tumwater School District went on to pass its own rule to ban trans athletes from girls' sports, before a Department of Education investigation was launched against the district for the incident.