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Superintendent’s decision to pull controversial book backed up by school board committee

A Loudoun County School Board committee last week defended Superintendent Scott Ziegler’s decision to remove from high school libraries a controversial book, overruling an LCPS review committee’s decision to keep → Read More

Catalytic converter thefts increased dramatically in Loudoun during 2021, sheriff's office says

Thefts of catalytic converters from vehicles in Loudoun County increased nearly four-fold from 2020 to 2021, according to data estimates provided to the Times-Mirror by the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. → Read More

Proposed LCPS budget for 2023 fiscal year includes salary increase for employees, funding for languages, literacy

Loudoun County Public Schools superintendent Scott Ziegler presented the school division’s proposed budget totaling more than $1.5 billion for fiscal year 2023, which includes a 5% average salary increase for → Read More

Hoyler announces election bid to hold onto school board seat

Loudoun County School Board member Andrew Hoyler (Broad Run) on Tuesday announced an election bid to hold onto his seat this November after having been appointed to the board last → Read More

Loudoun sets new record for COVID-19 infections, announces additional testing

Loudoun County set new records over the holiday weekend for the number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19, surpassing the previous record set in January. On Monday, the → Read More

School board hears introductory remarks from candidates for vacant Leesburg seat

The Loudoun County School Board heard introductory remarks on Monday — the first of two consecutive days of public hearings — from 13 candidates vying to fill the seat on → Read More

School Board agrees to settlement on teacher's suspension, legal teams spar over transgender policy

The Loudoun County School Board agreed to a settlement retracting disciplinary action against Leesburg Elementary School teacher Byron “Tanner” Cross on Monday, as legal teams for the Alliance Defending Freedom → Read More

School board seeks to maintain current state funding despite enrollment drop

The Loudoun County School Board passed a measure on Tuesday allowing the school district’s legislative consultants in Richmond to advocate for the preservation of current levels of state funding on → Read More

LCPS faces scrutiny over attorney at firm hired to review handling of sexual assaults

Loudoun County Public Schools on Monday responded to criticism that the law firm hired to conduct an outside review of the division’s handling of allegations of sexual assault earlier this → Read More

LCPS reduces number of days students are required to quarantine after COVID-19 exposure

Loudoun County Public Schools announced that the school district would be reducing the number of days partially or unvaccinated students exposed to COVID-19 would be expected to quarantine, from 14 → Read More