School district appeals transgender ruling

Highland Local School officials are appealing a ruling that would force the district to let a transgender student use the girl's bathroom at its elementary school. A federal judge in Columbus rejected the school district's request to stop the government from making it treat the student as her preferred female gender. The student was assigned the male gender at birth. The district serves parts of Delaware, Knox and Morrow counties. "Schools have a duty to protect the privacy, safety and dignity o