Loudoun County Public Schools

Carter Huffman recently returned from the International Space Olympics in Moscow where he competed against Russian, British and Greek students. Huffman scored first among all the 45 foreigners in the presentations and placed ninth overall.

Huffman presented his original research on “dark matter and particle detection through collisions,” and took exams in physics and mathematics, according to the announcement from Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS).

“At the end of the day we have to ensure the education of these children, ensure that fire and rescue and the Sheriff’s Office show up in a timely manner and when you get beyond that not much is left to cut. I hope we can come out still speaking to each other, agree to disagree without throwing things,” said Blue Ridge Supervisor and Finance Committee Chairman Jim Burton of the upcoming county budget at a Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting last week between Loudoun supervisors and the Loudoun County School Board.

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 nominations are open for the 2010 Washington Post Distinguished Educational Leadership Award presented annually to Loudoun County's Principal of the Year.

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.

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In an 8-1 vote Tuesday night, Oct. 27 the Loudoun County School Board approved multiple contracts totaling $10.15 million for 101 acres of land on the western edge of Stone Ridge between Braddock Road and south of Route 50 for construction of a new high school (HS-7) scheduled to open in 2012 and a future elementary school. Loudoun County voters approved $82.2 million in school bonds for HS-7 on Nov. 4, 2008.

Buffalo Trail Elementary School and J. Michael Lunsford Middle School are the names recommended to the Loudoun County School Board by two Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) naming committees for two new schools set to open in 2010 and 2011, respectively.

Buffalo Trail Elementary School, located at 42190 Seven Hills Drive in South Riding, will open for the 2010-2011 school year.

Carolyn Perry was recently named one of twenty-three teachers selected by the Virginia Association of Teachers of English as the recipient of the High School Teacher of Excellence Award, sponsored by the Secondary Section of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Perry is an English teacher at Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville.

Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) Class of 2009 on-time graduation rate was 93.6 percent, 10.4 percent higher than the statewide average of 83.2 percent. LCPS also exceeded the state rates in nine statistical categories and all LCPS high schools exceeded the state graduation rate. On-time graduation rate measures the percentage of students that were first-time ninth graders during the 2005-2006 school year who earned a diploma within four years, according to the state announcement released last week.