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One man was arrested, another man was ticketed for trespassing and a third person was hurt at a chaotic public meeting Tuesday on equity issues in Loudoun County Public Schools.

A school board meeting got heated in a hurry after the board voted to end public comment on a hot-button issue. Sheriff’s deputies responded and had to remove at least one person from the premises. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

The Loudoun County school system is doling out more than $1.6 million to pay for one-time bonuses to thank staff for their hard work during the pandemic, but teachers won’t be seeing a dime of it.

A Virginia teacher must be reinstated from leave after telling the school board he wouldn’t address transgender students by their pronouns, a judge ruled.

A teacher who objected to referring to transgender students by their chosen pronouns says he’s prepared to fight for his religious beliefs. The teacher sued the Loudoun County School Board after he was suspended, and he wants to keep teaching while his lawsuit plays out. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports from a rally where more than 100 supporters cheered on the...

A Virginia teacher escalated his fight with a school board over how to address transgender students. He asked a judge to lift his suspension while his lawsuit plays out. Tanner Cross was suspended last week after voicing his objection to a proposed policy on how to address transgender students. Cross told the Loudoun County School Board he believed the policy…

A Virginia elementary school teacher who was put on leave after saying he would refuse to address students by their preferred pronouns is now suing the school system.

A Loudoun County teacher is on administrative leave after telling the school board he could not abide by its proposed policy on transgender students. Byron “Tanner” Cross, a physical education teacher at Leesburg Elementary School, told the board last week that a proposed policy would “damage” children and it would be against his religion to follow it. The draft policy…

Loudoun County Public Schools have agreed to a series of reforms following an investigation by the Virginia Attorney General’s Office into racial discrimination in the admissions policies at an elite magnet school

As Virginia schools are working to reopen with a hybrid model within the next few weeks, parents in Loudoun County are holding a rally to push for students to return to schools five days a week.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on a Virginia attorney general report demanding changes in policies at Loudoun County Schools to address discrimination.

The Loudoun County School Board has voted to approve the next stages of a reopening plan which will bring some students back to classrooms a few days a week. News4’s Justin Finch reports.

Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Eric Williams was named the sole finalist for a superintendent position in the Houston, Texas, area. Williams, who has led LCPS since 2014, will leave Loudoun County for the Clear Creek Independent School District, which serves 42,000 students. “Dr. Williams is a dedicated and passionate leader, and we will miss his service and advocacy for…

Thousands of students in one school district in Northern Virginia have signed an online petition objecting to what they say is an exhaustingly heavy workload during virtual learning.  The “Reduce the Workload for LOCO Students” petition has been signed more than 11,000 times. Loudoun County Public Schools students said they sit at their computers for longer than ever before but…