Mobile Schools To End Single-Sex Classes

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - The Mobile County school system will stop
offering single-sex classes in order to settle a dispute with the
American Civil Liberties Union.
The ACLU had threatened to sue in response to complaints it
received from parents at Hankins Middle School in Theodore, which
put its boys and girls in separate classrooms at the start of the
school year.
The school system's lawyer told board members Thursday the
system's same-gender classes aren't in compliance with a federal
provision and they would lose the lawsuit after a lengthy and
costly court battle.
Mobile has single-sex classes at three other elementary schools
and Clark magnet school.
Baldwin County officials said they plan to continue offering
single-sex classes at Foley Intermediate.

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