“No One Will Know”: Ohio Educators Caught Helping Dodge Trans Athlete Law
September 9, 2025
Two Ohio school administrators — including a former superintendent — were caught on hidden camera by Accuracy in Media journalists coaching parents on how to skirt Ohio’s 2024 law that bars biological boys from competing in girls’ school and college sports.
The administrators, both with Three Rivers Schools local school district in Cleves, Ohio, believed they were speaking with prospective parents of a transgender student — a biological male who had transitioned and obtained a birth certificate listing the student as female.
Debbie Fox, an EMIS coordinator for Three Rivers Schools, is seen explaining that as the person who “reports all the data,” once she receives the birth certificate, “she will be entered as a female” — even though she is aware the student is biologically male. “No one will know the difference,” Fox added. When asked whether this entry method would likely bypass athletic policy, Fox responded, “I would think.”
A second administrator, Mark Ault, former superintendent of Three Rivers Schools, was recorded in his office with AIM journalists posing as parents. Surrounded by family photos, he reassured them that “coming in new should make it easier” than if the child had transitioned publicly at school. When told the birth certificate had been changed, Ault perked up, responding, “That might have some bearing… It may help.”
This investigation makes clear why Ohio must crack down on school staff who quite literally defy the law and put girls’ safety and fairness in sports at risk. There must be consequences for coaching people on how to violate the law when it comes to the safety of students.
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