{"id":2443316,"date":"2025-06-05T11:49:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/troublesome-school-district-once-again-in-dojs-sights-after-locker-room-disaster\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T11:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:53:10","slug":"troublesome-school-district-once-again-in-dojs-sights-after-locker-room-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/troublesome-school-district-once-again-in-dojs-sights-after-locker-room-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Troublesome School District Once Again in DOJ&#8217;s Sights After Locker Room Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftroublesome-school-district-once-again-in-dojs-sights-after-locker-room-disaster%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2443316&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In the wake of a gender-related controversy in Loudoun County Public Schools, Virginia Attorney general Jason Miyares has requested investigations by the U.S.Department of Justice and the Department of Education due to serious concerns over potential Title IX violations and retaliation against students.This comes four years after the district faced criticism for handling a sexual assault incident involving a transgender student. Miyares alleges that the school targeted male students for expressing discomfort regarding policies that allow students to use facilities corresponding with their gender identity. He asserts that the district has been punishing students for holding faith-based beliefs and that this situation reflects a broader issue of ideological enforcement within the school&#8217;s policies. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon emphasized the importance of addressing both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-retroactively-suspended-student-over-sexual-assault-allegations-after-he-graduated-the-school-just-settled\/\" title=\"School Retroactively Suspended ... Over Sexual Assault Allegations AFTER He Graduated. The School Just Settled.\">sex-based discrimination<\/a> and student safety in the investigation. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >broader narrative highlights ongoing tensions<\/a> between educational institutions&#8217; policies on gender identity and the rights of students and parents to voice their beliefs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Four years after Loudoun County Public Schools became the national poster child for cover-ups in the name of advancing the transgender agenda, the schools are again in the news over a gender-based complaint.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2021, the school and its leaders were pilloried after it was revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hours-loudoun-county-students-walk-schools-parents-take-demands-school-board\/?ff_content=2019-03-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">school officials<\/a> knew about a sexual assault in a high school girl&rsquo;s bathroom by a boy wearing a skirt but didn&rsquo;t disclose it for weeks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is calling for the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education to investigate the district over &ldquo;significant concerns regarding potential violations of Title IX, unlawful retaliation, and viewpoint discrimination,&rdquo; according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oag.state.va.us\/media-center\/news-releases\/2870-june-2-2025-attorney-general-miyares-announces-results-of-title-ix-investigation-into-lcps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The investigation reveals a disturbing misuse of authority by Loudoun County Public Schools, where students appear to have been targeted not for misconduct, but for expressing their discomfort for being forced to  a locker room with a member of the opposite sex,&rdquo; Miyares said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Title IX was never meant to be used as a weapon against free speech or religious convictions. Every student in Virginia deserves the right to speak openly, think freely, and live according to their conscience without fear of retaliation. Protecting those rights is not political &mdash; it&rsquo;s foundational to who we are as Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The release said the school retaliated against three male students at Stone Bridge High School after they objected to the school&rsquo;s policy of letting gender identity determine access to bathrooms and locker rooms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Rather than safeguarding the constitutional rights of all students, LCPS appears to be punishing those who hold and express faith-based views,&rdquo; the release said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Furthermore, there are persistent reports that LCPS and the School Board take adverse and potentially unlawful action against parents, teachers, and public speakers,&rdquo; the release added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/jason-miyares-glenn-youngkin-loudoun-county-public-schools-lcps-school-board-locker-room-recording-title-ix-transgender-nonbinary-policy-8040-boys-girls-donald-trump-department-justice-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WJLA-TV<\/a> reported that the root cause of the issue was that a female student used a boys&rsquo; locker room and recorded the boys, prompting them to object.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;The boys indeed are the victims in this situation,&rdquo; Miyares said. &ldquo;There is no evidence, no corroborating evidence that we have found that they had sexually harassed anyone, that they had done anything even approaching what would be considered sex discrimination. The reality is, is that Loudoun County Schools, what we have found, have bad policy and bad judgment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve also seen, in our opinion, that the three students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-push-bill-aimed-at-balancing-lgbt-rights-and-religious-freedom\/\" title=\"House Republicans Push Bill Aimed at Balancing LGBT Rights and Religious Freedom\">sincerely held religious beliefs<\/a>, some of these students in question are Christian, some were Muslim, but they basically were told to be silent, to be quiet and not to express their sincerely held religious beliefs,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miyares said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/loudoun-county-school-official-parents-seeking-replace-school-board-alt-right\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">district<\/a> is &ldquo;weaponizing&rdquo; Title IX.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;To go after students that have both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vaccine-inquisitions-as-covid-vaccination-mandates-increase-religious-exemptions-come-under-fire\/\" title=\"Vaccine Inquisitions? As COVID Vaccination Mandates Increase, Religious Exemptions Come Under Fire\">sincerely held beliefs<\/a>, but also pushing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-suspended-from-education-program-for-saying-a-man-is-a-man-a-woman-is-a-woman\/\" title=\"... Suspended From Education Program For Saying, \u2018A Man Is A Man, A Woman Is A Woman\u2019\">left-wing ideology<\/a> that vast majority of Virginians and Americans find absurd. It&rsquo;s what I say, &lsquo;you could be so open-minded your brain falls out,&rsquo;&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;This is what happens when they push a divisive left-wing ideological agenda, and then they&rsquo;re telling these students to be quiet when they raise, I think, legitimate objections,&rdquo; he said, noting that without pushback, students might have been punished through their academic records &ldquo;simply because they said we don&rsquo;t want a member of the opposite sex in our locker room.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Think about the chilling impact that has on our students, where they&rsquo;re too afraid to speak out on something that is just basic common sense because the school board has weaponized this Title IX to go after these students,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assistant Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/harmeet-dhillon-reveals-moment-almost-killed-illegal-immigrant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harmeet Dhillon<\/a> said that &ldquo;sex-based discrimination and student safety are both top priorities of this Department of Justice. We will investigate these facts thoroughly, and go where the investigation leads us,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/scandal-plagued-school-district-referred-doj-after-another-transgender-locker-room-controversy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;&lsquo;Transgender&rsquo; policies in Loudoun County schools are stripping countless students of their fundamental rights,&rdquo; Dhillon said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In 2021, the school faced backlash when it was disclosed that officials were aware of a sexual assault in a girls&#8217; bathroom by a boy in a skirt but failed to report it for weeks. Now, Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is urging an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education over serious concerns about possible Title IX violations, unlawful retaliation, and viewpoint discrimination. Miyares stated that students seem to have been targeted not for wrongdoing but for voicing their discomfort about sharing facilities with members of the opposite sex. He emphasized that Title IX should not be used against free speech or religious beliefs and asserted that all students deserve the right to express themselves without fear of repercussions.<\/p>\n<p>The release indicated that three male students at Stone Bridge High School faced retaliation after opposing policies allowing gender identity to dictate bathroom access. It criticized LCPS for punishing those expressing faith-based views instead of protecting constitutional rights. Reports also suggested adverse actions against parents and teachers who spoke out against these policies.<\/p>\n<p>WJLA-TV noted that tensions arose when a female student used boys&#8217; locker room facilities and recorded them, leading to objections from male students. Miyares affirmed these boys were victims in this scenario, stating there was no evidence they had harassed anyone or engaged in sex discrimination; rather, he pointed out poor policy decisions by Loudoun County Schools.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted that some affected students held sincere religious beliefs-Christian or Muslim-and felt silenced regarding their convictions while being told not to voice legitimate concerns about sharing spaces with individuals of different genders.<\/p>\n<p>Miyares accused the district of weaponizing Title IX against those with genuine beliefs while promoting an ideology many Virginians find unreasonable. He warned about creating an environment where students fear speaking out on common-sense issues due to potential academic repercussions.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon reiterated priorities around sex-based discrimination and student safety, promising thorough investigations into these matters while asserting that &#8220;transgender&#8221; policies are infringing upon fundamental rights within Loudoun County schools<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2443317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Miyares.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8049,45347,37363,56602,32410],"class_list":["post-2443316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-accountability","tag-doj-investigation","tag-education-news","tag-locker-room-disaster","tag-school-district"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Miyares.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443316"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2443320,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443316\/revisions\/2443320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2443317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}