Overview

• LCPS notified families that two Stone Bridge High School students were found responsible for sexual harassment and sex-based discrimination and issued 10-day suspensions.
• The disciplinary orders include no contact with the complainant, separation from shared classes, and meetings to create a corrective action plan, according to the families’ attorney.
• The investigation stemmed from a video recorded by a trans-identifying student in the boys’ locker room; an LCPS official said the footage showed no compromising positions, though filming violated school policy.
• Families represented by attorney Josh Hetzler and the Founding Freedoms Law Center say they will contest the determinations and have criticized the process as biased.
• Policy 8040 permits facility access based on asserted gender identity, while Virginia’s attorney general has referred LCPS to federal authorities, and the U.S. Education Department has designated LCPS and four neighboring districts as high-risk with reimbursement-only funding.