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(The Center Square) – Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares can continue his investigation into how the Loudoun County School Board handled a sexual assault last year, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled. Earlier this year, Miyares commissioned a special grand jury to investigate whether school board members and school administrators intentionally lied and withheld information from parents about a sexual assault. Superintendent Scott Ziegler informed the school board about an assault that occurred in a school bathroom. However, less than a month later, he said in a public hearing there were no records of assaults in school bathrooms. No one on...

A Loudoun County Circuit Court judge rejected Monday an attempt by the Virginia county’s school board to shut down a grand jury investigation into the board’s handling of sexual assaults and an apparent rape coverup. If successful, the Loudoun countermeasure would have halted an investigation into two sexual assaults committed at two different schools by the same male student wearing a dress in the girls’ restroom and subsequent school board action — or inaction — in light of the assaults. The special grand jury was initiated by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares following a day-one executive order from Gov. Glenn...

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Virginia (LifeSiteNews) — A group of parents filed suit against Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia for “moral corruption of children” over the school board’s promotion of radical gender ideology, Fox News reported. America First Legal’s Center for Legal Equality filed the “blockbuster lawsuit” against Loudoun County Public Schools “on behalf of 11 courageous parents” in response to “the district’s systemic and egregious moral corruption of children and its deliberate, and almost gleeful, violations of parental rights to control the upbringing of their children,” Fox reported. “Many will remember that Loudoun County was the epicenter of the debate...

A conservative legal group representing several Loudoun County parents has filed suit against the school system, alleging the “egregious moral corruption” of students and “violations of parental rights.” The suit charges that the school system has adopted woke, left-wing policies that have put children in danger and sidelined parents in violation of the state constitution. “The extreme social gender experiments being forced onto small children are nothing short of government-directed child abuse and child sexual exploitation,” said Stephen Miller, co-founder of America First Legal.

Police in Northern Virginia are investigating after a middle school librarian allegedly defended a pro-prostitution book by saying it belonged in the library because many of the school’s 11- to 13-year old students are sex workers, The Daily Wire has learned. A shocked Loudoun County teacher went to the police after the librarian, Stefany Guido, allegedly made the comment to her. The teacher had asked Guido about a book a parent had flagged on Twitter called “Seeing Gender,” which included a chapter titled “‘Sex Work’ Is Not a Bad Term.” The Daily Wire is withholding the name of the teacher,...

If you’ve heard of Loudoun County in the past year, you can thank Hamilton, Virginia, resident Brandon Michon. Rarely mentioned in the national media, other than in surveys of the wealthiest counties in the country, the liberal-leaning Washington, D.C., exurb became the symbol for parents fighting against COVID-19 mandates, school closures, and critical race theory last year. “I was the lightning rod for that,” said Michon. It was during the early evening of Jan. 26, 2021, when Michon and his family, dressed in winter coats, stepped in front of the Loudoun County School Board in Ashburn, Virginia, to ask that...

Sheriff Michael Chapman of Loudoun County, Va. got an unpleasant surprise recently from Old Joe Biden’s handlers. On Thursday, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office published a press release that reveals the truly astonishing extent of the administration’s high-handedness, dishonesty, carelessness, and recklessness in its resettlement of Afghan refugees in cities and towns all over the United States. Without any prior warning, Loudoun County officials were told that 2,000 Afghan refugees would be arriving in the county in just over two weeks and that 2,000 more would be arriving every month after that through September. In what will come as no...

Loudoun County has been in the news a great deal lately because of its leftist policies and the beginnings of a parental revolt. The school board’s leftist proclivities are to be expected, though, given that Biden got almost 61.5% of the votes in November 2020, compared to Trump’s 36.5%. In other words, Loudoun County is a strongly Democrat redoubt. That’s why, although I’m terribly sorry for the 36.5% who aren’t leftist, Loudoun is getting its comeuppance for having put a leftist in the White House: The Biden administration is sending as many as 1,000 Afghan refugees to the county. The...

The parents’ revolution has notched another win. This week, three members of San Francisco’s Board of Education — Gabriela López, Alison Collins and Faauuga Moliga — suffered overwhelming defeat in a recall election brought by angry parents who felt they were more concerned with lefty politics than with children’s welfare. The parents’ case was strengthened by the fact that they were, well, right. Siva Raj, one of the recall organizers, said, “The city of San Francisco has risen up and said this is not acceptable, to put our kids last.” ... When parents objected, they were ignored, called racists or...

LCPS is committed to providing a safe, empathetic, respectful and supportive learning environment in order to empower every student to make meaningful contributions to the world. When students and staff experience racial insults, slurs, and/or other hate speech, we lack the positive culture and climate that supports students’ growth.LCPS calls for all students, staff, families, and other members of our community to engage in the disruption and dismantling of white supremacy, systemic racism, and hateful language and actions based on race, religion, country of origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, and/or ability. LCPS rejects racist and other hateful behavior and language,...

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.—Refusal to wear a mask in school would result in immediate suspension, effective Feb. 2, the first day after the long weekend, Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) told unmasked students on Friday afternoon. In a video The Epoch Times reviewed, William Shipp, principal of Woodgrove High School, spoke at about 3:45 p.m. on Friday to unmasked students kept in the auxiliary gym. “You have all chosen not to wear a mask this week. Essentially, that is just defiant of the rules Loudoun County Public Schools have put up,” said Shipp. He told the students that they would face...

Within hours of taking office, Virginia's newly sworn-in Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) cleaned house - firing dozens of lawyers, including those in the Civil Rights division - and announcing investigations into the Virginia Parole Board and Loudon County Public Schools."I've been told incoming AG @JasonMiyaresVA just FIRED the entire civil rights division in the Attorney General's office," tweeted VA State Senator Louise Lucas.I've been told incoming AG @JasonMiyaresVA just FIRED the entire civil rights division in the Attorney General's office. My bill helped create and expand the authority that this division uses. — L. Louise Lucas (@SenLouiseLucas) January 14,...

Newly-minted Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin started his first day in office with a bang that could reverberate across the nation as a signal to other governors on the fence between the people and the donor class.Signing a slate of executive orders, Youngkin fulfilled some of the biggest promises he made to voters during his groundbreaking gubernatorial run. The orders include:Ending the use of Critical Race Theory in public educationInvestigating “wrongdoing” in Loudon CountyOpening the economy for all businessWithdrawing from previous “green energy” initiatives that have been harmful to Virginia’s economy and bureaucracySlashing “job-killing” regulationsAllowing parents and students to opt out...

The skirt-wearing Virginia boy who was found guilty of raping a female classmate in a school bathroom in May has pleaded no contest to sexually assaulting a second student in October, clearing the way for him to be sentenced for both crimes next month. Details of the second incident, which involved the 15-year-old dragging another girl into an empty classroom and touching her breasts, were revealed Monday in Loudoun County juvenile court. The defendant, wearing a green t-shirt and brown pants with his hair pulled back into a ponytail, sat silently as the prosecution laid out the second case. His...

A Loudoun County school board member may face removal from her position after a parent group filed a petition for her removal with thousands of signatures. Fight for Schools filed a petition with the Loudoun County Circuit Court on Thursday for the removal of Atoosa Reaser , the vice chairwoman for the Loudoun County school board , Fox News reported . While an earlier petition received 1,795 signatures, the current petition has received approximately 1,859 signatures from residents in the Algonkian District.

The skirt-wearing Virginia boy who was found guilty of raping a female classmate in a school bathroom in May has pleaded no contest to sexually assaulting a second student in October, clearing the way for him to be sentenced for both crimes next month. Details of the second incident, which involved the 15-year-old dragging another girl into an empty classroom and touching her breasts, were revealed Monday in Loudoun County juvenile court.

Loudoun County, Va., is in the news again, but this time it’s not about raucous school board meetings or parents being branded terrorists. According to Washington News4, 112 young children were given the wrong dosage of the COVID-19 vaccine—one meant for adults—at a Ted Pharmacy in Aldie.Dasha Hermosilla told News4 that her 7-year-old daughter was given a dose of the vaccine meant for those 12 and older.The Loudon County Health Department’s “clinical guidance” document notes that the 0.3 ml dosage that the children were given “is authorized for individuals 12 years and older only” and the approved dose of the...

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.—“Resign,” scores of Loudoun County residents told the local school board on Nov. 9.While the Virginia gubernatorial election last week saw a win for conservative candidate Glenn Youngkin, parents told the school board that their fight wasn’t over yet.“We are still here,” repeated residents in their public remarks.“This has always been about our children, not an election,” said one mother. “Never underestimate the determination of a mama bear when her cubs are under attack.”About 100 people signed up to speak in person at the school board meeting on Tuesday evening. Many criticized the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS)...

Glenn Youngkin, good man as he seems to be, is not a stand-in for active and engaged parents. If they leave the field, he will not succeed.Watch the video for a monologue followed by an interview with Russ Vought, former OMB director and current president of the Center for Renewing America, and Shaun Rieley, senior director for advancement and programs at The American Conservative, a doctor of political philosophy, and combat veteran of the War on Terror.Tuesday was one heck of a night in Virginia. Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe went from a sure thing to the Hillary Clinton of 2021...

Washington ExaminerSubscribe Sign Up For News Alerts Loudoun County rapist's mother: It was an 'accident' and a real victim wouldn't 'sit there and take it' By Tiana Lowe November 2, 2021 - 3:28 PM Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share Email Share Text Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Get home delivery of the magazine. Subscribe today! With just hours to go before the polls close for Virginia's gubernatorial race, the Daily Mail published an exclusive interview with the mother of the convicted rapist at the heart of the Loudoun County case that took the state by storm. The...