Vlaming v. West Point School Board

PRESENT: All the Justices PETER VLAMING OPINION BY v. Record No. 211061 JUSTICE D. ARTHUR KELSEY DECEMBER 14, 2023 WEST POINT SCHOOL BOARD, ET AL. FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF KING WILLIAM COUNTY Jeffrey W. Shaw, Judge The West Point School Board terminated the employment of Peter Vlaming, a high school French teacher. Vlaming claims that he lost his job not because of something he had said — but because of what his conscience would not allow him to say. In class, Vlaming referred to a transgender student by the student’s preferred name and avoided the use of third- person pronouns when…