Loudoun County Public Schools

The Loudoun County School Board unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday to update its student handbook with requirements for parents about safe gun ownership.

The Loudoun County School Board unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday to update its student handbook with information for parents about safe gun ownership.  

Loudoun County Public Schools is opening two new schools, including Watson Mountain Middle School, the new home of the yetis. Principal Lenny Compton welcomes the middle schoolers to the new school and students share their excitement. 

Loudoun Education Foundation’s “Fueled” program helps students in Loudoun County focus on learning by providing them meals every week. The program is searching for more volunteers to deliver food to schools and snack donations. News4’s Molette Green reports.

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.