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A Northern Virginia school board has reportedly reached a settlement with the families of two male students who were investigated for sexual harassment and suspended after questioning why a female student was in the boys’ locker room.
According to a new report by ABC 7 News, the judge ordered the two sides to negotiate, and court records show that an agreement was reached. Terms were not disclosed.
“While we cannot discuss the details of the settlement agreement, what we can say is that our clients are very happy with the outcome,” wrote attorneys from the Founding Freedoms Law Center, who represented the boys in court, in a press release on March 3.
The case stems from a March 2025 incident in the boys’ locker room at Stone Bridge High School in Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS). A female student, who identified as male, recorded three male students in the locker room who expressed “confusion and discomfort” at sharing the boys’ locker room with a woman.
Loudoun County Public School students have been placed under a Title IX investigation for questioning why a woman gave birth in a boys’ locker room. (Stock via Getty)
Under LCPS policy, students are allowed to use the hallway and restrooms that match their gender identity.
LCPS conducted a Title IX investigation and found two out of three students guilty of “sexual harassment” and discrimination. ABC7 reported that the findings came from their student records and that the district ordered a 10-day suspension.
The school district dropped its Title IX claim against one of the students, who is Muslim, and again violated Title IX against the other two students, who are Christian, according to their attorneys at the Founding Freedoms Law Center.
The students’ families sued the school board in federal court, seeking to block the suspension and remove the Title IX findings from their sons’ records, ABC7 reported.
Loudoun County Public Schools policy allows students to use the hallway and restrooms that match their gender identity. (Stock/ AndreyPopov)
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In September, a judge granted emergency relief to the families, stayed the district’s disciplinary action while the case was pending, and students were allowed to return to class.
The United States Department of Justice also sought to step in and continue to sue the school board, arguing that the boys’ beliefs were being violated.
On Friday, the judge rejected the Justice Department’s request to intervene, calling the case closed after the parties reached a settlement.
According to an ABC7 report, “A lawyer for the US Department of Justice told the judge that the department has the authority under current law to intervene regardless of the nature of the case, and that the US Congress intends to allow the federal government to protect people when their religious freedom is violated.”
The DOJ sought to intervene on behalf of LCPS students, citing alleged religious freedom violations by the school district. (Stock)
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Loudoun County Public Schools declined to comment to Fox News Digital.
The Founding Freedoms Law Center and America First Legal celebrated the settlement.
“We are pleased that our clients and Loudoun County were able to reach an agreement that ends this case,” Victoria Cobb, president of the Founding Freedoms Law Center, told ABC7. “We hope that, in the future, because of the attention brought to this situation and our efforts to help fight for these boys, Loudoun County will have an even greater incentive to protect vulnerable students from the harm of gender stereotypes.”
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Ian Prior, senior attorney at America First Legal, told Fox News Digital, “America First Legal is proud to have adjudicated this important case on behalf of our federal clients and their constitutional and federal rights. We are pleased that we were able to successfully mediate this case and will continue to fight for the rights of students, parents, and teachers, no matter where they are in North America.”
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