GUILDERLAND — A local parent is invoking a landmark civil rights law to convince educators to add a girls’ bowling team at Guilderland High School.
The school has a coed team now. There is no physical contact between players, so it might seem like gender would not matter. But in reality, the boys dominate because they have much stronger arm strength, parent Darren Anderson said.
He told the Guilderland school board earlier this week that under Title IX, the 1972 legislation that requires equitable treatment for male and female athletes, they should offer a girls’ team. Title IX banned sex discrimination at schools that receive federal funding and opened the door to sports for many women…