SIMS: ConVal’s Locker Room Nightmare – Title IX Investigation

“When I Catch You” Threats, and Why New Hampshire MUST Protect Its Girls NOW!

A former student’s profane Facebook tirade and chilling “WHEN I CATCH YOU” post target parents whose daughters attend ConVal High, while the district faces a federal probe for letting boys into girls’ facilities, and a state bill that could have fixed it dies 18-0 on the consent calendar.

ConVal’s Locker Room Nightmare: Federal Title IX Investigation, Escalating Threats Against Parents, and Why New Hampshire Must Protect Girls Now

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened a formal Title IX investigation into New Hampshire’s Contoocook Valley (ConVal) School District on March 31, 2026. The probe examines the district’s policy of allowing biological males — referred to in school documents as “trans girls” — into girls’ restrooms and locker rooms at ConVal High School. When female students objected to the loss of privacy and safety, Principal Heather McKillop told them to stop using their own facilities and change elsewhere. Even stating that boys should not be in girls’ spaces is branded “harassment” under district rules.

A community flyer from parents and women’s rights groups lays out the reality without euphemism:

Boy: “I don’t want to undress with boys. I want to change in the girls’ locker room.”
School: “Ok! That is your right.”
Girls: “We also don’t want to undress with boys.”
School: “Then don’t use the girls’ locker room.”
Girls: “What?? It’s our locker room! Why did you let boys in to begin with?”
School: “It is against district policy to call this student a boy. You are committing harassment…”

Girls’ rights are not hate. Free speech is not up for debate.

Title IX was written in 1972 to guarantee women and girls equal educational opportunity — including privacy and safety in intimate spaces. The Trump administration is enforcing the law as written. Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Ritchie stated: “Young women should never feel unsafe or uncomfortable in their intimate spaces because their school leaders care more about gender ideology than protecting girls’ dignity and privacy.”

On April 8, 2026, I testified before the New Hampshire Senate Judiciary Committee in support of SB 459. As leader of the Independent Women’s Network Southern New Hampshire chapter, a coach, athlete, and survivor of male violence, I told the committee:

“I also proudly signed the amicus brief filed by the Independent Council on Women’s Sports with 135 other female athletes in the U.S. Supreme Court case United States v. Skrmetti. I rise in strong support of Senate Bill 459 as amended… but it still needs to be strengthened further to fully protect women and girls. As currently amended, SB 459 only covers athletic competitions and prisons or juvenile detention centers. It does nothing to protect women and girls in the most vulnerable showers or changing areas.

This is not theoretical. Just last week, on March 31, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education opened a Title IX investigation into the Contoocook Valley School District in Peterborough, New Hampshire, for allowing biological males into girls’ restrooms and locker rooms. Female students complained about privacy violations, yet the district put gender ideology over girls’ dignity.”

I closed by sharing my own experience of the violation of privacy I felt when a man who believes he is a woman entered my locker room at the Keene YMCA.

The backlash from some in the ConVal community has been vicious and personal. A former ConVal High School student — who graduated a decade ago and came out as gay in 2015 — posted a profane Facebook rant attacking the parents who filed the Title IX complaint. He called them “LOSERS,” “small-minded,” “scared,” “clowns,” and worse, declaring “we are all LAUGHING at you.” He then issued a direct threat against one local mother whose children still attend ConVal schools: “And when I find you!!! Oh count your fucking DAYS LOLLLLL.”

That was not enough. Just one day ago, the same former student posted again — this time with the chilling caption “WHEN I CATCH YOU” in giant white letters across a dark, ominous background, paired with Mariah Carey’s “When I Saw You.” These are not idle words. They are explicit, repeated threats of violence and intimidation aimed at a concerned parent simply trying to protect her daughters’ privacy and safety in school.

This is the toxic climate ConVal’s policies have created. Girls lose their locker rooms. Parents who speak up are hunted online. And state lawmakers have so far refused to act.

SB 459 — the bill that would have protected single-sex spaces statewide — was recommended “Inexpedient to Legislate” (ITL) by the House Judiciary Committee in an 18-0 vote and placed on the consent calendar. Unless a House member pulls it for a full floor vote, the bill dies quietly.

This is not debate. This is intimidation aimed at silencing a concerned parent who simply wants her daughters to have the dignity, privacy, and security that federal law guarantees.

As of April 14, 2026, the Title IX investigation remains active. The district has confirmed it is reviewing the complaint but has declined further comment, citing student privacy. No resolution has been announced. Meanwhile, SB 459 — the bill that could have closed the loophole and protected single-sex spaces statewide — was recommended “Inexpedient to Legislate” (ITL) by the House Judiciary Committee in an 18-0 vote and placed on the consent calendar. Without a House member pulling it for a full floor vote, the bill will die quietly.

This is the real-world consequence of putting ideology over biology: girls lose privacy in their own locker rooms, parents face threats for speaking up, and state lawmakers refuse to act. Public schools exist to educate children — not to run social experiments that sacrifice female students’ rights.

The ConVal case is not isolated. It is happening in districts across New Hampshire and the country. We cannot wait for federal investigators to finish their work. We must demand that our schools and our legislature protect biological sex in every space where privacy matters — restrooms, locker rooms, showers, and changing areas.

Girls’ rights are not optional. Biology is not bigotry. And threats will not silence the truth. The investigation is just the beginning. New Hampshire families deserve real protection — now.

The ConVal scandal is not abstract. It is happening right now in our schools. Public schools exist to educate children, not to sacrifice girls’ dignity, privacy, and constitutional rights on the altar of gender ideology. The federal investigation is underway, but New Hampshire families cannot wait.

Biological sex is real. Privacy is a right. Threats will not silence the truth. And every girl in New Hampshire deserves to feel safe in her own locker room — today.