ASHBURN, Va.—At about 5 p.m. on Nov. 14, Tiffany Polifko got a call from a campaign volunteer at the voter registration office where absentee ballots were being counted. “You won!” she told Polifko. The two screamed for joy. “I just couldn’t believe it!” said Polifko. The race’s competitiveness had taken her by surprise, even though […]
ASHBURN, Va.—Thursday night, the Loudoun County school board appointed Daniel Smith as the interim superintendent at an emergency board meeting after firing the previous superintendent, Scott Ziegler, who was entangled in scandals of lying to the public and mishandling school sexual harassment cases. In accepting the interim position, Daniel Smith, chief of staff at Loudoun […]
A special grand jury in Loudoun County, Virginia, said the superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) lied about sexual assaults perpetrated on school grounds in 2021 and that school officials displayed a “stunning lack of openness” about the incidents, according to the special grand jury’s report released on Monday. The 91-page report (pdf) is […]
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, […]
The superintendent of a Virginia school district on Friday appeared to admit the district violated state law in failing to properly report alleged sexual assaults, as a state official confirmed the matter is under review. Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Ziegler made the admission during a brief appearance before reporters, where he read a […]
The family of a Loudoun County, Virginia girl who was allegedly raped by a male student at school earlier this year, is pursuing a legal challenge against the school district. “Attorneys for the family of the Stone Bridge High School student who was sexually assaulted in the girls’ restroom on May 28 by a boy […]
