Allow female students to join weight lifting- 2025 sexism.

The Issue

I, a female student at Kings Mountain High School, am not able to join weight lifting because I am a female. My name is Jordyn Polk,  chose to join weight lifting the first semester of the school year of 2024-2025. It was a fine class. I felt stronger and healthier mentally and physically. I was one of two females in that class and one of three that whole semester.

 Not letting me join the school year 2025-2026, does not just effect me it effects females in total. If you take weight lifting from us, what's next wrestling? How able welding?  If you go that far you might as well separate gym class. Then go on to males can't join culinary arts because women need to be the ones in the kitchen cooking for the men. Where does it stop? 

If we go not stop this injudicious right here, right not, how long till women aren't allowed to go to school. This is a move backward into separation and segregation. 

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The Issue

I, a female student at Kings Mountain High School, am not able to join weight lifting because I am a female. My name is Jordyn Polk,  chose to join weight lifting the first semester of the school year of 2024-2025. It was a fine class. I felt stronger and healthier mentally and physically. I was one of two females in that class and one of three that whole semester.

 Not letting me join the school year 2025-2026, does not just effect me it effects females in total. If you take weight lifting from us, what's next wrestling? How able welding?  If you go that far you might as well separate gym class. Then go on to males can't join culinary arts because women need to be the ones in the kitchen cooking for the men. Where does it stop? 

If we go not stop this injudicious right here, right not, how long till women aren't allowed to go to school. This is a move backward into separation and segregation. 

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The Decision Makers

Cleveland County School Board
3 Members
Walter Spurling
Cleveland County School Board
Danny Blanton
Cleveland County School Board
Ron Humphries
Cleveland County School Board

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Petition created on March 15, 2025