Loudoun County Public Schools

The Loudoun County School Board recently voted against showing the faces of public commenters on live video streams of board meetings. The board used to show the people who spoke during public comment but decided to stop in 2021 following a meeting that devolved into shouting and arrests. It was the culmination of years of controversy in which parents on…

Loudoun County School Board meetings used to show video of people who spoke during public comment but stopped a few years ago. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains the board’s recent decision not to bring it back.

Loudoun County Public Schools is helping parents take a more active role in helping their children with everything from anxiety to bullying to thoughts of suicide. The school district is paying $433,000 for 18 months of services from ParentGuidance.org, which offers a wide range of tools to help families navigate mental health challenges facing children. LCPS Student Mental Health Services…

With children facing more mental health challenges than ever before, Loudoun County Public Schools is helping parents take a more active role in helping their kids with everything from anxiety to bullying and even thoughts of suicide. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey looks at ParentGuidance.org and what it offers. 

A judge on Wednesday set aside a guilty verdict against a former Virginia school system superintendent who was convicted of a retaliatory firing of a teacher who reported that an elementary school student inappropriately touched her. 

A judge has set aside a guilty verdict against a former Virginia school system superintendent convicted of a retaliatory firing of a teacher.

Loudoun County Public Schools will conduct random, unannounced searches with drug-sniffing dogs to prevent fentanyl and other drugs from getting into high schools.  Starting next month, a sheriff’s office dog handler, the school resource officer and an administrator will scan a school’s hallways and common areas.  The school district says it plans to notify the school community immediately after...

Loudoun County Public Schools will begin doing random, unannounced searches with drug-sniffing dogs to prevent fentanyl and other drugs from getting into high schools. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains.

The meeting will be held Saturday morning at Park View High School. Nine students at the school have overdosed in recent weeks. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

The Virginia governor’s order comes after 10 students overdosed so far this school year at Loudoun County Public Schools. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order Wednesday mandating that school districts tell parents about any overdoses involving their schools within 24 hours after news that numerous Loudoun County Public Schools students have overdosed over the past few weeks. At least nine students at Park View High School in Sterling overdosed on pills suspected of containing fentanyl, the Loudoun…

The mother of one student who overdosed said her son nearly died. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

One high school in Loudoun County, Virginia, has reported nine opioid-related overdoses this year — eight of which occurred in the last three weeks. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office initially reported Tuesday that eight students at Park View High school in Sterling overdosed, and four of those overdoses happened inside the school. A ninth student overdosed off campus Tuesday night,…

News4’s Jackie Bensen reports on the overdoses at Park View High School, which all appear to involve fentanyl.

Scott Ziegler, the former superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools, was found guilty of retaliating against an employee. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

A jury found former Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Ziegler guilty of retaliation against a former special education teacher.

The defense rested Thursday in the trial of former superintendent for Loudoun County Public Schools Scott Ziegler. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports the jury is deliberating two misdemeanors.

The prosecution rested its case against the former Loudoun County superintendent accused of retaliating against a special education teacher. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder breaks down the arguments made in court.

Former Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Ziegler is in court facing allegations he retaliated against a former special education teacher. This case stems from Attorney General Jason Miyares’ investigation into LCPS that was one of the first things Gov. Glenn Youngkin did when he took office. The attorney general’s office is trying to prove Ziegler did not renew...

Former Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Ziegler is in court facing allegations he retaliated against a former special education teacher. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports.