WCS Retreats Under Scrutiny: Motion to Dismiss Pulled as Plaintiffs Uncover Damaging New Details

 By Kelly Jackson TruthWire News | November 14, 2025

FRANKLIN, TN — The Williamson County Board of Education has withdrawn its motion to dismiss the explosive lawsuit over the May 2025 state-mandated Family Life curriculum incident at Legacy Middle School—just 72 hours before a scheduled November 18 hearing. The abrupt retreat follows the plaintiffs’ 22-page opposition brief and First Amended Complaint, both filed on November 13, which shredded the district’s legal defenses and escalated demands for accountability.

The case (Doe v. Justice, Case No. 25CV-54922) accuses Principal Alicia Justice and the district of violating Tennessee’s biological definition of sex by allowing a biological male student identifying as female to participate in the gender-segregated state-mandated Family Life curriculum—despite Justice’s April 11 email to parents explicitly promising classes would be “separated by gender.” When the violation occurred on May 15 and 16, thirteen seventh-grade girls opted out on the second day, quietly removing themselves to the counselor’s office rather than compromise their privacy.

The state-mandated Family Life curriculum is required for all seventh graders under Tennessee law, which explicitly defines “sex” as biological sex (Tenn. Code Ann. § 1-3-105(c)). The district’s advance notice to parents stated the curriculum would be segregated by sex—a promise that parents understood to mean biological separation. Instead, the biological male student was permitted to attend the girls’ session, directly contradicting the district’s own communication.

The board’s September motion to dismiss argued the claims were moot: the student had transferred out of district, administrators admitted “human error,” and new protocols—requiring individual parent meetings and limiting transgender students to biological-sex classes, private sessions, or full opt-outs—had been implemented. Superintendent Jason Golden’s affidavit called the incident a “failure to have an adequate plan in place” but insisted no law was broken.

Plaintiffs, represented by State Rep. Gino Bulso (R-Brentwood), destroyed the mootness argument in their opposition filing. Citing Tennessee Supreme Court precedent in State v. Sokolosky (2025), they argued the controversy is “capable of repetition, yet evading review”—a legal exception that allows courts to rule on issues likely to recur but too fleeting to litigate fully. They warned that without judicial intervention, “defendants can and will make similar accommodations” in the future, forcing more girls into the same impossible choice.

The First Amended Complaint sharpens the blade:

• Deception: Justice ignored multiple parent inquiries before and during the incident, then doubled down on Day 2 despite clear discomfort.
• Restroom Violation: The student used girls’ facilities at least once, witnessed by plaintiffs’ daughters—another direct breach of state law.
• Counselor Red Flags: Kristen Trudeau, who oversaw the opt-out students, maintains a private sex therapy practice promoting polyamory, kink, and fluid sexuality—raising unresolved questions about district vetting and appropriateness for middle schoolers.
• Ongoing Risk: The complaint demands permanent injunctions to prevent future violations, arguing that policy tweaks do not erase past harm or bind future administrators.

Bulso, who drafted the very statutes at issue—Tenn. Code Ann. § 1-3-105(c) defining “sex” as biological and the Tennessee Accommodations for All Children Act (§ 49-2-805)—seeks declaratory relief (the violations occurred) and injunctive relief (they must never happen again). No monetary damages are requested—just enforcement of the law.

The board now has until December 5 to file its answer to the amended complaint. With the motion to dismiss gone, discovery will proceed—potentially exposing internal emails, policy drafts, staff training records, and Trudeau’s hiring file. A jury trial has been demanded, setting the stage for a public reckoning.

This withdrawal is the latest in a pattern of district evasion under pressure. As TruthWire first reported in May, Golden privately labeled our coverage “factually incorrect” to a school board member—yet never issued a public correction. In October, we detailed the motion’s reliance on “procedural fixes” that parents rejected as cosmetic and insufficient. The district’s October 3 letter to parents—announcing this year’s state-mandated Family Life curriculum dates and explicitly stating “separated by birth gender”—was a clear concession, but one that came only after litigation.

The state-mandated Family Life curriculum is not optional—it is required for all students, with sex-segregated instruction explicitly promised to parents. Yet the district’s handling turned a protected educational space into a battleground over privacy and truth. The plaintiffs argue that the violation was not a mere “mistake”—it was a deliberate policy choice that contradicted both state law and the district’s own assurances.

In deep-red Williamson County, where conservative branding has long been a point of pride, this case exposes a deeper hypocrisy: a willingness to project traditional values while quietly tolerating administrative overreach—until parents, armed with statutes and resolve, force a public retreat. The board’s climbdown is not a resolution—it’s a delay. The real fight begins in discovery.

TruthWire News will continue monitoring every filing, deposition, and court appearance.

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