A group of Virginia middle schoolers just beat their school board in a fight over the simple right to meet.
The trouble started small. Materials the student posted on September 15 drew interest from 17 classmates, but were taken down within three days. The school board's response wasn't to negotiate, it was to rewrite the rules: noncurricular clubs would no longer be permitted at the middle school at all, only at the high school, where the age gap made joining far less realistic for the students who'd started the effort.
The Lawsuit's Sharpest Claim
The students, represented by the ACLU of Virginia and Potomac Law Group, argued the policy wasn't neutral. Their federal complaint alleged the district let other noncurricular activities, including a group focused on skinning squirrels, continue meeting freely, while suggesting LGBTQ+ students rename their group a
Source: The Advocate
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