NC Supreme Court Revives Case After Parents Challenged Woke Insanity, Kids Expelled: AM Update 9/7

September 7, 2026

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The Parents Who Questioned Their School's New Direction—and Had Their Children Expelled

A North Carolina family is getting another chance to hold a prestigious private school accountable, nearly five years after their two children were abruptly expelled—allegedly in retaliation for the parents challenging what they describe as the school's sudden embrace of left-wing ideology. The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled five to two last month that Doug and Nicole Turpin adequately pleaded several claims against Charlotte Latin School, reviving parts of a lawsuit that lower courts had dismissed. The ruling does not decide whether the Turpins' allegations are true, but it allows their legal fight to go forward.

A School Transformed

Charlotte Latin had been the only school the Turpin children had ever known. Their son and daughter attended from a very young age until their expulsion at ages eleven and thirteen. The family describes the school as a nurturing environment under the previous headmaster. But everything changed, according to Doug Turpin, when Chuck Baldecchi took over as headmaster in July 2019.

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1 NC Supreme Court Revives Case After Parents Challenged Woke Insanity, Kids Expelled: AM Update 9/7
2 (00:00) **Ad Block (Medicaid/Mike Lawler)** - Opening advertisement about nurses and Medicaid funding for Congressman Mike Lawler
3 (00:33) **Episode Introduction** - Megyn Kelly welcomes listeners to the Labor Day AM Update, previewing the story of two children expelled after their parents questioned their school's radical new direction
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5 (02:06) **Case Overview: The Turpin Family vs. Charlotte Latin School** - A North Carolina family gets another chance at justice nearly five years after their two children were expelled from a prestigious private school, allegedly in retaliation for the parents challenging the school's embrace of left-wing ideology during the George Floyd era
6 (03:20) **The School's Transformation Under New Leadership** - Charlotte Latin underwent a leadership change in July 2019 when Chuck Baldecki became headmaster, and parents began encountering deeply troubling changes the following school year
7 (04:49) **The School's Official DEI Declaration** - According to the family's complaint, Charlotte Latin declared itself an "anti-racist academic institution" in June 2020, pledging to make diversity, equity, and inclusion policies "foundational to the school's broader long-term direction"

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Doug and Nicole Turpin say Charlotte Latin School expelled their two children in retaliation for questioning its radical ideological shift. Now, the North Carolina Supreme Court is reviving key parts of their lawsuit and giving the family another chance to hold the school accountable.

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