A Dubious Job Posting

Ethical Educator

Scenario:

The personnel coordinator of a school district with a strong music program receives job postings from a community program seeking "female piano teachers." The program head says he is replacing a retiring female teacher whose students have requested a female replacement. Knowing the gender references are illegal, the district's personnel coordinator distributes the postings without mention of gender as many teachers rely on outside work. However, he feels ethically implicated in the program head's problematic hiring practice.

Has he acted appropriately?