A Wisconsin high school is ending cheerleading awards given annually to girls with the largest breasts or buttocks — dubbed "Big Booty" and "Big Boobie" — after the American Civil Liberties Union demanded action following repeated complaints from parents and a former coach to school and district officials.
Coaches at Tremper High School in the Kenosha Unified School District give out awards each year recognising the most improved or hardest-working cheerleaders. In at least the past two years, they have also given what they called gag awards, according to the ACLU of Wisconsin. Those awards also included one in 2018 for "String Bean" — the thinnest team member.
The ACLU, which sent a letter Tuesday demanding that the district discipline staff involved with the awards, said emails and other documents it obtained during a yearlong investigation showed the awards were handed out at a banquet attended by about 100 people, including coaches, family members and friends of students.
Details about the awards banquet were first reported by the New York Times.
Among those who complained was former track coach Patti Hupp. She emailed Tremper principal Steve Knecht last year to express her concerns after a parent notified her about the awards.