The principal of Monarch High School and several staff members have been reassigned to non-school sites pending the outcome of an “investigation into allegations of improper student participation in sports,” according to a statement from Broward County Public Schools.
Sources with knowledge of the situation told 7News that the investigation is related to a biological male who is transitioning or has transitioned and was allowed to play on the girls’ volleyball team. According to Florida law, it bars biological males from participating in female sports.
The district’s website lists James Cecil as the principal of Monarch High School, located at 5050 Wiles Road in Coconut Creek.
