Publications by Julia Stewart

A majority of the members of the Joint School Board/Board of Supervisors Committee forwarded its subcommittee recommendation to build three new schools to serve northern Ashburn to their respective boards. The Joint Committee also requested each board chairman, Supervisor Scott York (I-At- Large) and Robert DuPree (Dulles) of the Loudoun County School Board, and two board colleagues work with staffs to determine locations for the new schools and report back to each board with those findings “as quickly as possible,” according to the adopted motion.

A standing room only crowd of parents, families, students and children filled the Loudoun County School Board meeting room last week – and offered varying opinions on school boundary changes.

The results are in and the news is good. Only 14 of the more than 3,000 traps tested positive for EAB according to Todd P. Haymore, Commissioner of the (VDACS). The infestations are confined to Arlington and Fairfax counties in Northern Virginia, areas already known to have EAB.

VDACS, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Fairfax County's Urban Forest Management Program implemented the 2009 EAB survey and placed 3,274 traps throughout the Commonwealth, the majority—2,693 traps—were placed in Northern Virginia.

Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) were closed on election day, although teachers and school staff reported for “teacher workdays.” In essence, LCPS gives the school facilities over to the local electoral board, poll workers and voters, all with the idea that "less is more:" no students, fewer cars in the parking lot, and greater accessibility for voters.

Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) announced a community information meeting regarding HS-7, the new high school planned to serve the Dulles South area of the county. LCPS recently announced the purchase of 101 acres south of Route 50, north of Braddock Road/Route 620 and Goshen Road near Stone Ridge for the new high school and a future elementary school.