(The Center Square) – Federal court approval has been given in a free speech case involving a North Carolina school board and a student no longer in the respective district.

Christian McGhee, then 16 and a student at Central Davidson High School in Lexington, and his parents Leah and Chad, sued the Davidson County School District Board of Education last spring. On April 9, 2024, a classroom discussion in which the teacher used the word “aliens” prompted Christian McGhee to raise a hand and ask if she was referring to “space aliens, or illegal aliens who need green cards?”