Chicago School Drag Show Lawsuit Reaches Settlement Agreement

Sept. 12, 2025, 9:15 PM UTC

The Chicago Board of Education and a former school engineer have agreed to settle a suit claiming the engineer was improperly fired after expressing concern about a drag show, court records show.

A brief docket entry Friday noted that the parties had executed a settlement agreement. The terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed.

  • April Lopez, a former chief engineer at Disney II Magnet School in Chicago, was terminated in 2023, allegedly because she complained about a drag-show poster in the school hallway.
  • Judge Edmond Chang of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied a ...

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