Duncanville ISD is once again in the spotlight. A new district investigation caused the girls’ basketball coaches and former head coach to be put on leave and the team to forfeit their final game Tuesday night.
There is more trouble for the Duncanville High School girls' basketball program, which was already banned by the UIL from participating in the playoffs.
But they weren't going to the playoffs anyway. Last October, the UIL banned the program from the postseason and put it on probation for three years. The UIL found it violated recruiting rules and practice restrictions.Duncanville ISD suspended the entire girls’ basketball coaching staff and former head coach LaJeanna Howard with pay.
The district did not fire Howard when the UIL punished her last October but rather gave her another position in the district while she served her suspension. The boys’ basketball team currently ranked third in the nation has a self-imposed district ban from the playoffs following another UIL investigation.
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