What the hell is going on at Anderson County High?

See what jumps out at you from the first paragraph of this story about a fairly pointless lawsuit filed by a girl named Ambra Phillips who was temporarily taken out of a high school weightlifting class, was quickly reinstated, and has since gone on to college:

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Nov 17, 2006 (AP)— An Anderson County teenager has filed a lawsuit over her temporary dismissal from a weightlifting class by a principal who feared male students might try to rape her.

Just what the hell kind of high school is this, anyway?

[Then-principal Bob] McCracken said in a deposition that he was afraid Phillips might be sexually assaulted in the class.

"Having a female with 35 or so male students in an isolated area from the school, it sets a very liable situation in my opinion," McCracken said in the deposition.

Three days after kicking Phillips out of the class, McCracken changed his mind and reinstated her.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Clifford Shirley asked [school attorney Arthur F.] Knight if the principal was wrong in removing Phillips from the class.

"She is up there with a bunch of football players, a 24- to 25-year-old coach, the only girl there is a safety issue there. It was a hard call for the principal to make," Knight answered.

Okay, first of all, if you don't trust your 25-year-old weightlifting coach to prevent a bunch of football players from raping a female student, it's time to find a new coach. And it's probably time to have a serious talk with the football team, too.

Phillips' attorney claims that this was "a pattern of mishandled sex issues at the high school," during McCracken's tenure. Was the football team running wild, raping people willy-nilly? Were the male teachers a bunch of perverts? Do these things explain why McCracken is no longer in charge? And just what did this noted Knoxville resident know, and when did he know it?