Dayton Daily News Covers Response to Ohio AIM Sting
November 13, 2025
Dayton Public Schools officials say a video appearing to show an employee tell someone a transgender child could participate in youth sports without telling others on the team is misleading.
The video was produced by the right-wing group Accuracy in Media. In April, the group sent someone with a hidden camera posing as the sibling of a transgender student to ask DPS administrators about their policies on trans students in sports.
In the video, DPS employee Mauryce Neal, an athletics assistant, cites an outdated policy where schools were able to let the Ohio High School Athletics Association (OSHAA) know a transgender athlete was playing on the team.
House Bill 68, which passed in 2024, bans transgender students from participating in girls’ Ohio sports teams.
Dayton Public Schools officials say Neal, an athletics assistant, tried to follow up with the person filming, who is not identified in the video, and attempted to correct herself by both phone and email. However, calls were never returned, and the email was returned as undeliverable.
“The district takes this matter seriously,” said David Lawrence, Dayton Public Schools superintendent. “Upon reviewing the full context of the interaction, including any subsequent communications that occurred, we believe the video has been very selectively edited with key details omitted.”
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