A Texas school district has apologized and reversed a decision that ousted a transgender student from a part in the musical "Oklahoma!" The Sherman Independent School board voted unanimously on Monday to reinstate the original show and cast after a meeting in which dozens criticized them and spoke in support of the 17-year-old transgender boy who'd lost his role in the production because of a new policy. Board President Brad Morgan issued a statement after the vote apologizing to the students, parents, and the community regarding the circumstances they all have had to go through. Sherman has become the latest community embroiled in the national debate over the rights of transgender students this month over its production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. In early November, Max Hightower, a senior and theater enthusiast, was cast in a prominent part that included a solo. But later the school told his family that, based on a new policy, Max would lose the parts. The school also removed girls from the male roles they'd been cast in. Phillip Hightower, Max's father, recalled the principal describing the policy as, "only males can play males, and only females can play females." The school later changed course again, saying it would not consider sex in casting but instead put on an abbreviated version of the show tailored for young audiences. #Queer Up Education