Monroe Public Schools Athletic Director Chet Hesson will be reinstated effective Tuesday, April 21, following the completion of the Title IX investigation into the school.
“While we are pleased to have our leadership team back at full strength, please understand that we cannot discuss the specifics of this reinstatement in great detail, as it remains a personnel matter,” said Superintendent Andrew Shaw in a letter to the community.
Monroe High School parent Sean Lechner filed the Title IX complaint after he said Skyline High School’s girls volleyball team included an alleged transgender athlete during a Sept. 9 match against Monroe. He also alleged the teams shared a locker room before the match. He filed the Title IX complaint in early December, which alleges Hesson violated Title IX’s protections of privacy, safety, and equitable participation.
On Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, Hesson appeared on Uncloseted Media speaking about an allegedly transgender student. According to its YouTube page, Uncloseted Media is “An Investigative media company providing you with objective, nonpartisan, rigorous, original journalism that examines America’s anti-LGBTQ landscape and elevates everyday American heroes.”
“My heart goes to (the Skyline student), whether they’re trans or not,” he said. “Just having that much negative eyeball on you and rhetoric is, like, incredible, the amount of pressure that you’d feel as a 16 or 17 or 18-year-old.”
He was put on administrative leave the next day.
Neither Hesson nor Lechner were immediately available for comment on his reinstatement.
— Contact reporter Connor Veenstra at CVeenstra@gannett.com.
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