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Education

Education Year in Review 

2020 In Review: Tumultuous School Year Capped with Superintendent’s Departure

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For the School Board, 2020 opened with seven freshman members joined by two tenured vets looking to make their mark

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Education News 

School Leaders Wrestle with Parents’ Role in Student’s Gender Expression

2020-12-222020-12-23 LoudounNow 7 Comments

The School Board is planning to add “gender expression” to the list of characteristics to be protected from demeaning or

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Education 

School Board Looks for New Metrics to Evaluate Classroom COVID Threats

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Loudoun school administrators are slated to decide Wednesday whether to move forward with plans to expand hybrid learning to middle

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Education 

Loudoun School Board Punts on Tweaks to Busing Policies

2020-12-212020-12-21 LoudounNow 1 Comment

An effort led by School Board member Ian Serotkin (Blue Ridge) improve bus service for hundreds of students was derailed

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Education Nonprofits 

Loudoun Schools Launch Bike Donation Program

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The school division has launched a Congestion Must Go/Safe Routes to School Bike program aimed at promoting bike safety among

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Education 

Stantec Architecture Awarded MS-14 Design Contract

2020-12-172020-12-17 LoudounNow 2 Comments

A week after the county Board of Supervisors signed off on plans to establish a new school campus south of

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Education 

Facing Spending Deadline, School Division to Return $7.5M in CARES Act Funding

2020-12-162020-12-16 LoudounNow 3 Comments

The School Board on Tuesday night instructed the staff to return $7.5 million in federal pandemic funding that the division

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Education 

Loudoun School Board to Expand Equity Committee

2020-12-162020-12-16 LoudounNow 1 Comment

The School Board’s largest advisory committee is set to get bigger. During a Dec. 10 work session to revise its

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Education News 

Ziegler Named Interim Superintendent in Loudoun

2020-12-162020-12-18 LoudounNow 2 Comments

The transition has begun for the leadership of Loudoun County Public Schools. Superintendent Eric Williams is resigning, effective Jan. 6,

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Education 

Loudoun’s Top Scholars to be Honored by Schools

2020-12-112020-12-11 LoudounNow 2 Comments

Last Sunday would have been the celebration of the academic achievement of scores of Loudoun’s top high school seniors. However,

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Ben Lenhart Columnists Opinion 

Lenhart: Riots at the Capitol

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The riots and break-in at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, shocked and saddened the nation. They happened during a crucial—but normally uneventful—process whereby Congress counts the electoral votes to confirm the winner of the presidential election. But Congress’s effort to count the votes was disrupted this year by violence. These events are hard to fully comprehend—no one thought they would ever see rioters breaking into the House and Senate chambers. But these events are better understood against the backdrop of Constitutional provisions that were in play leading up to the Jan. 6 riots.

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Letter: Paul Siker, Waterford

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