had graduated.  Upon receiving notice of the harassment, the school responded and promptly suspended Rager, advising him that if he did not resign forthwith he would be terminated and lose his teaching license (immediately after Rager's resignation, the school board recommended to the state board of education that his teaching license be revoked).


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The dissent goes on to note a number of facts that fall short of establishing that the school authorities "actually knew" of the harassment.  For example, it states that Rager was a "constant presence at school swim meets in which Heather participated" in an attempt to make his presence at swim meets sound sinister, even though Rager had been Smith's swim coach for the previous three summers, assisted at the girls' swim meets (scorekeeping, etc.) and served as the coach of the boys' swim team at the same high school.  I have a hard time comprehending how it could be considered unusual for a boys' swim team coach to attend a girls' swim meet competition, or for the girls' swim team coach to attend a boys' swim meet competition.  Indeed, one can only assume that school officials welcomed Rager's active role in attending, supervising and assisting in student activities, and probably even encouraged it.  The dissent also makes a point of the fact that "[i]n the presence of Heather's [other] coaches and teammates, Rager would rub down Heather's shoulders."   It neglects to state that this "shoulder rubbing" occurred in the presence of Smith's parents, and her