Jesuit High School sued over co-ed divisional plan in Sacramento County court
CARMICHAEL, Calif. —
The legal battle to keep Jesuit High School an all-boys high school has begun.
The group calling itself “Men for Others” filed a lawsuit on July 17 against Jesuit High School and its president, Chris Alling. The suit, filed in the Sacramento County Superior Court, follows the school’s October 2025 announcement that it would transition to a co-ed divisional model by welcoming young women in the fall of 2027.
Under the proposed model, female students would attend classes in single-sex classrooms and participate with male students in co-curricular programs.
According to court documents, the plaintiff claims that Jesuit violated its obligations to abandon its single-sex identity.
“The Board of Trustees breached its fiduciary duty of obedience, which requires fidelity to the school’s mission and purpose, the plaintiff said in court documents. “By abandoning the single-gender educational model that served as Jesuit High School’s cornerstone for over six decades, President Alling and the Board fundamentally deviated from the school’s foundational mission.”
The lawsuit alleges that Jesuit deceived parents into enrolling their sons in an all-boys environment and misled donors into contributing funds while transitioning to a co-educational plan.
In Jesuit’s initial announcement in October, the Jesuit Board of Trustees stated that the changing demographics of students seeking single-sex education were declining.
“The Board’s decision reflects a thorough and mission-centered discernment process focused on preserving and strengthening Jesuit education for future generations,” Dr. Amy Rogers, Chair of the Board of Trustees of Jesuit High School, said in a statement. “The decision was approved and endorsed by the Provincial of the Jesuits West Province and the Bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento, following extensive consultation and discernment.”
Jesuit High School’s transition to welcoming girls and boys under one roof has a decades-long history of hosting girls on campus through summer and after-school academic, sports and performing arts programs.
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