Tag: Loudoun County

Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Grand Jury Investigation of Loudoun County Schools

The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld a lower court ruling to allow a special grand jury investigation into the handling of sexual assaults at Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS). The investigation links back to the sexual assaults of two 15-year-old girls at two Loudoun County schools. Both assaults were committed by the same…


Father-of-5 Leads Parents Suing School Board for Asking Students Their Gender Pronouns, ‘About Their Sex Lives’

Outraged parents launched a lawsuit against Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) in Virginia for teaching inappropriate, sexualized material to children, and other violations of state constitutional rights protecting parents and children. America First Legal on July 21 served discovery requests seeking answers from LCPS, School District Superintendent Scott Ziegler, and several other school board officials on…


Face Off in Virginia: Students Unmask, Suffer School Board’s Wrath

While more and more states and districts are dropping COVID restrictions, others are doubling down. Loudoun County, Virginia is one of them. That’s where a battle is raging between state-level directives and the will of the local school board—and kids are bearing the brunt of it. On his first day in office last month, Governor…


Teenager Who Sexually Assaulted Girls in Virginia County Won’t Have to Register as Sex Offender: Judge

A teenager who was convicted of sexually assaulting girls at two different Virginia high schools and apparently assaulted a third will not have to register as a sex offender, a judge ruled Thursday. The 15 year old, whose name has not been made public, was ordered by Loudoun County Juvenile Court Judge Pamela Brooks in mid-January…


Loudoun County Teenager Pleads No Contest to Second Assault, to Face Sentencing in December

A teenager in one of Virginia’s most populous counties on Monday pleaded no contest to assaulting a girl in a school bathroom last month. The same teen in October was found guilty of sexually assaulting a different girl at a different high school in Loudoun County in May. The no contest plea means the boy…


Virginia Governor-Elect Vows To Be ‘Education Governor’

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.—Less than two weeks after his win, Virginia Governor-Elect Glenn Youngkin renewed a pledge to remove the controversial critical race theory (CRT) from the state’s schools. “I am going to be the education governor; this is going to happen,” Youngkin said at a thank-you rally held outside Loudoun County Public Schools administration building…


Virginia’s Youngkin Vows to Be ‘Education Governor’

ASHBURN, Va.—Less than two weeks after his election victory, Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin renewed a pledge to remove the controversial critical race theory (CRT) from the state’s schools. “I am going to be the education governor; this is going to happen,” Youngkin said at a thank-you rally held outside Loudoun County Public Schools administration building…


Loudoun County Announces ‘Independent Review’ of How Sexual Assault Handled

An independent review of how Loudoun County, Virginia officials handled a confirmed sexual assault and another alleged incident will be undertaken by a law firm, it was announced Friday. Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) has been accused of mishandling the confirmed assault, which took place on May 28 at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn,…


A Loudoun County Warrior at Peace

On June 22, 2021, more than 250 residents of a Virginia county piled into a local school board meeting. Most of them were there to voice their objections to a controversial critical race theory curriculum as well as proposed pro-transgender rules. Jon Tigges, a Loudoun County resident, was one of the concerned parents. He was…


Christopher Rufo on Critical Race Theory, a ‘Bankrupt’ and ‘Elite’ Ideology Subsidized by Public Dollars

“If they are committed to lying to parents, even in the face of overwhelming evidence, what else are they lying about?” At the National Conservatism Conference in Florida, we sat down with Christopher Rufo to discuss the Virginia gubernatorial race and the growing coalition of parents working to remove critical race theory from schools. Rufo…