Ex-Lake Oswego coach seeks court order to get job back, alleging district violated his free speech on transgender athletes

On Friday, a federal court didn’t seem prepared to mandate that the Lake Oswego School District reinstate former track coach John Parks.

However, in court, U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon stated that he thought Parks’ letter objecting to a transgender girl competing in a state track meet qualified as protected speech.

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