(ChurchLeaders) When Scott Smith was arrested during a Loudoun County, Virginia, school board meeting in June, he was called an out-of-control parent, a bigot, and even a domestic terrorist. But now the father is sharing his side of the story, and fellow parents are demanding accountability from the school system.
Like many school districts across America, the suburban county near Washington, D.C. has been embroiled in intense debates about cultural issues including critical race theory and transgender rights. Smith, however, refutes claims that he attended the meeting to harass anyone or to make political or cultural statements. Instead, he says, he was there because his ninth-grade daughter was sexually assaulted May 28 at Stone Bridge High School—in a girls’ bathroom by a gender-fluid boy wearing a skirt.