A Lexington girl who can’t play lacrosse at her school because it doesn’t have a girls team is asking Fayette County Public Schools to change the way it handles athletes attending magnet schools.
Eighth grader Bella Bennifield posed her dilemma recently to the FCPS board: She plays lacrosse, but because she is a dual language magnet student at Bryan Station Middle School and is not districted to Bryan Station High School, she has been denied “playing up” with the Bryan Station High School girls lacrosse team.
“This creates an unfair situation,” Bella said in a speech at the February monthly school board meeting…