Category: Loudoun County Public Schools

Parents Protest Vaccine Mandate on Student Athletes in Loudoun County

September 15, 2021
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LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.—At another contentious school board meeting on Sept. 14, Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) parents protested the county’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all student-athletes participating in the Virginia High School League winter and spring sports. The mandate was announced on Aug. 31 by LCPS Superintendent Dr. Scott A. Ziegler. The requirement would take…

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Critical Race Theory Aims to Turn Students Into ‘Red Guards,’ Chinese American Warns

September 10, 2021
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Critical race theory (CRT) aims to indoctrinate students and turn them into “Red Guards,” akin to those during the Cultural Revolution in China, warned Xi Van Fleet, a Chinese-American living in northern Virginia’s Loudoun County, at a “Rally to Save Our Schools” event on Sept. 8. She called CRT “communist race tactics” with the goal…

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‘Parents Ignored’ by Pro-Transgender Policy Adoption in Loudoun County: School Board Member

August 12, 2021
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LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.—Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) board on Aug. 11 approved a pro-transgender policy requiring staff to address students with their preferred pronouns, and allowing transgender students access to bathrooms and locker rooms according to their self-identified gender. In addition, the board introduced amendments that require all LCPS staff instead of mental health professionals…

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Virginia Teacher Resigns at School Board Meeting, Denounces ‘Highly Politicized Agendas’

August 11, 2021
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A Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) teacher in Virginia resigned in front of the school board Tuesday, saying that she refused to “be a cog in a machine” that forces her to transmit their “highly politicized agendas” to children. “Within the last year, I was told, in one of my so-called equity trainings, that white, Christian, able-bodied females currently…

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Parents Protest Ahead of Transgender Policy Adoption in Loudoun County, Virginia

August 11, 2021
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LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.—The first school board meeting of the new school year opened in Loudoun county amidst sustained tension. On Aug. 10, scores of parents and citizens rallied to voice their disapproval of the board outside the school administration building. Over 170 people signed up to speak virtually and in person, compared to 259 at…

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Critical Race Theory Feud on Full Display at School Board Meeting

June 23, 2021
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The latest school board meeting in Loudoun County of Northern Virginia showcased heightened tension in parents’ fight to have a say in local school policies. Two hundred fifty-nine people signed up to speak at the June 22 meeting, and hundreds rallied for hours outside the school administration building. About one-and-a-half hours in, the school board…

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