When you see the words "Loudoun County Public Schools" in the news, you know your blood pressure is about to skyrocket. Such is the case with a new report out of Loudoun County ("LoCo" to locals, for obvious reasons) about three high school boys who are facing a Title IX investigation for complaining after a girl who thinks she's a boy used the boys' locker room and allegedly took a video.
It's understandable if you had to re-read the previous sentence; as with most things related to Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS), the situation makes no sense at all to those with a shred of sanity. Yes, the boys who felt uncomfortable when a biological female used their locker room are the ones facing disciplinary action, not the girl who took a video while cosplaying as a boy. And now the boys are being accused of sexual harassment under Title IX.
The whole thing unfolded at Stone Bridge High School, which is located in Ashburn, Virginia. Stone Bridge High School previously made headlines back in 2021 after a male student sexually assaulted a female classmate in a school bathroom; it soon emerged that the same teen had assaulted another girl at his previous LCPS school (he wore a skirt to school that day and was allowed to used the girls bathroom where the first assault took place), and the school system happily relocated him to Stone Bridge without alerting parents to the fact that a sexual predator was in class alongside their children.
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This started a parent-led revolt, already percolating due to Critical Race Theory being pushed on students and draconian COVID lockdowns being in place, that led to Republican Glenn Youngkin unlikely being elected governor in November of 2021. Unfortunately, not much has changed with LCPS in the intervening years, and student safety is still not being prioritized.
The father of one of the Stone Bridge High School boys currently being accused of sexual harassment under Title IX explained what happened from his son's point of view:
“He was questioning why there was a female in the males' locker room,” the father said.
“And other boys were uncomfortable [with a female in the boys’ locker room],” he added. “There were other boys asking the same question. They [LCPS] created a very uncomfortable situation. They're young, they're 15 years old. They're expressing their opinions, and now they're being targeted for expressing those opinions.”
The girl apparently began using the boys' locker room back in March, and, after gym class one day, used her phone to take a video of the boy and his friends. The boys reportedly did not confront the girl, but did complain to their "peer group" that they were uncomfortable with her presence in their space. And while the girl's actions are against the school system's own policy on the use of phones while in school, it's the boys who are facing serious consequences.
Interestingly, LCPS itself is the subject of a Title IX investigation by the Trump administration over the school system's failure to comply with an executive order signed by President Trump defining the two sexes and protecting women in vulnerable places like bathrooms and locker rooms. Needless to say, boys should be afforded the same protections as girls.
RedState reached out to LCPS for comment, but has not received a response.
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