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This makes no sense. But as has been pointed out, Title IX is pretty senseless at times. It's hard to determine whether the school is following policy or not. The article doesn't include some fairly relevant information.
-- is there a boys' volleyball team? if so, what are its policy on seniors on JV?
-- How are the vans/buses paid for? Does the school fott the bill or is it a separate booster's fund?
Basically, just reading this, your initial reaction is she's being a whiny bitch. But the way Title IX works, her grievance will have merit if its decided that volleyball is THE biggest athletic outlet at the school for females (which means it should have the same rule as footbll) and the school is paying for the football team's buses ( very unlikely. most schools these days know that's just asking for a lawsuit and their football teams raise funds on their own for stuff like chartered buses and equipmetn, etc).
More than likely, the school will change its policy to avoid any hint of unfairness and she'll spend a semester on the JV team beating on girls two years her junior.
On another note, if she's just very short..say 5' or so..and just wants to play on a volleyball team but her size makes it impossible for her to play varsity, I'm not sure why its a big deal. My own high school, there were lots of shorter guys who stayed on jv basketball and football through their senior years.
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