Two Selma High School cheerleaders, who filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the school and the city school system, are cheerleaders again.

According to Michael Jackson, an attorney who helped represent the girls, a settlement was reached late Tuesday evening that resulted in Lyncia Clay and April Willoughby being put back on the Selma High School cheerleading squad.

George Jones, a Selma attorney who initially announced the suit, could not be reached for comment late Tuesday. According to Jackson, the settlement did not come easy.

Dr. James Carter, superintendent of the Selma City Schools, said it would be improper to comment on the settlement.

Ralph Hobbs, the city schools’ attorney, said the settlement is in the best interest of all the parties involved in this suit.

Hobbs said it was never the intention of the school or the school system to deprive Clay and Willoughby of the opportunity to cheer.

The suit against the school system has traveled far beyond the Selma city limits. Jones appeared on Fox News’ &uot;O’Reilly Factor&uot; to discuss the suit. He said Clay and Willoughby suffered mental anguish when they were initially released from the squad. Jones also claimed the girls may have lost out on an opportunity to gain college scholarships from being cheerleaders.

According to Jones, the two students were selected by the

cheerleaders’ new sponsor to be cheerleaders and paid their money for uniforms and for activity fees. They also practiced with the squad for a full week. He said Selma High principal Eli Welch then walked into cheerleading practice on June 12 and &uot;ejected and embarrassed&uot; the girls in front of their peers.

The suit said the principal then took the girls to his office and summoned the police to the school to &uot;coerce and intimidate&uot; the girls and their parents to leave the campus and to stop inquiring about the reasons for his actions.

Staff writer Charity Bell Hosey contributed to this report.