Stories tagged "Schools"

School Supporters, Tax Opponents Dominate Budget Hearings

Thursday, February 25, 2010

For what’s become an annual rite of winter here in Loudoun, dozens of residents descended on Leesburg Feb. 24 to demand that county leaders either spare programs, like the school system, by giving them the full amount of money they are requesting or slash spending to keep taxes low.

Again, Boundary Changes Recommended for Stone Bridge & Tuscarora

Julia Stewart

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

A decision on boundary adjustments to relieve overcrowding at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn is again on the agenda for the Loudoun County School Board. A public hearing on two new boundary adjustment recommendations is set for Thursday, Dec. 3, followed by board action on Dec.8.

Seventeen LCPS Schools Fail Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Evaluation

Julia Stewart

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Based on the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) testing, those numbers hide accomplishments in other areas.

Cooperation in Business Education

Julia Stewart

Monday, July 13, 2009

Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) released a list of 257 local businesses that employ and train LCPS students in partnership with the school system’s Cooperative Education Programs.

LCPS Transportation Head J. M. Lunsford Dead at 57

Julia Stewart

Friday, July 10, 2009

J. Michael Lunsford began his LCPS career as a school bus driver and rose to head the school system transportation department, responsible for the transportation of more than 50,000 students and a fleet of more than 750 school buses at the time of his death.

Schools Respond to “Cries of Corruption”

Julia Stewart

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Superintendent Ed Hatrick addressed the School Board (and the public) strongly refuting any rumors of malfeasance or any type of government investigation into LCPS.