Category: Loudon County

Families of Virginia Students Punished for Challenging Mask Rules say Mandates are Illogical

Loudon County, Virginia, students defying mask mandates have been segregated from masked peers, put in detention, and suspended for choosing not to wear masks at school after Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order making masks optional. Two families—Muriel and Brian Groce, with their daughters Annabelle and Madeleine, and Andrew Missler, with his son, Jarod—said…


Win for Virginia Parents After Loudon County School Board Member Announces Resignation

Embattled Loudoun County, Virginia, School Board member Beth Barts, who was the subject of a recall petition, announced Friday that she will resign from her position in November. “This was not an easy decision or a decision made in haste. After much thought and careful consideration, it is the right decision for me and my…


Virginia Judge Hands Victory to Parents, Sides Against Prosecutor on School Board Recall

A Virginia-based parent group attempting to oust five Loudoun County School Board members was given a small win after a Loudoun County Circuit Court judge ruled Tuesday in favor of the organization’s recall petition against a board member who sought to dismiss it. On Tuesday, a judge denied Loudoun County school board member Beth Barts’ motion to dismiss…


Virginia Supreme Court Orders Teacher who Objected to Transgender Policy Reinstated

Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia must reinstate gym teacher Tanner Cross after he spoke out in public against a proposed policy that would force him to violate his conscience by falsely professing that a boy can be a girl and vice versa, the Supreme Court of Virginia ruled. The ruling in the case, known…


Virginia Supreme Court Orders School District to Reinstate Teacher Who Objected to Transgender Policy

Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) in Virginia must reinstate gym teacher Tanner Cross, who was suspended after speaking out in public against a proposed policy that would force him to go against his conscience by professing that a boy can be a girl and vice versa, the Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled. The Aug….


Scholar Comments on Controversy in Virginia County Over Critical Race Theory

News Analysis On June 22, two parents were arrested in Loudon County, Virginia, at a school board meeting, for allegedly objecting too boisterously to the county’s teaching of critical race theory, the latest incident in an ongoing controversy. One activist says the Virginia county is “ground zero” for the efforts to roll back the teaching…


Education or Indoctrination? Loudoun County, Virginia, Is the Latest Tinderbox

Parents of Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia are in uproar over the school board’s push to indoctrinate rather than educate students. Loudoun County has become a bit of a tinderbox and microcosm of what is happening in schools all across the country, and we are starting to see some pushback in what could be…


Loudoun Teacher Who Won’t Use Students’ Preferred Pronouns Asks Court to Lift ‘Unconstitutional’ Suspension

A Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) teacher asked a Virginia Court Wednesday to lift his suspension for opposing a proposal requiring instructors to use trans-gendering students’ preferred pronouns. Tanner Cross spoke briefly against the proposal during a May 25 Loudoun County Board of Education public meeting, then two days later was told by letter that…


Virginia Teacher Who Opposes Using Preferred Pronouns Asks Court to Lift ‘Unconstitutional’ Suspension

A Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) teacher asked a Virginia court on June 2 to lift his suspension for opposing a proposal requiring instructors to use transgender students’ preferred pronouns. Tanner Cross spoke briefly against the proposal during a May 25 Loudoun County Board of Education public meeting, then was told by letter two days…


Virginia County’s Schools Warned to Revoke Teacher’s Suspension for Opposing Using Students’ Preferred Pronouns

In Virginia, Loudoun County Public Schools officials were warned May 28 to revoke their suspension of a teacher for opposing the use of students’ preferred pronouns, or face further legal action. Tanner Cross, who taught at Leesburg Elementary School, was suspended after speaking publicly May 26 during a school board meeting in opposition to the…