Friday, November 20, 2009
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Education

Thursday, November 12, 2009
Briar Woods High School marching band, the Falcon Regiment, was recently invited to participate in the 25th Anniversary London New Year's Parade and Festival in January 2011. Robert Bone, executive director of the London parade, and Catherine Longworth, parade patron were in Loudoun County last month to formally invite the Briar Woods band.
 
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

SB Proposed Boundaries

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.
 
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Twenty Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) students have been named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists. These students represent six Loudoun high schools and Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, the Governor’s Regional Magnate School in Fairfax County.
 
Friday, November 20, 2009
Purchase holiday poinsettas, wreaths, roping and more at Monroe Technology Center's (MTC) Holiday Plant Sale, Dec. 2-4.
 
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Carter Huffman, a senior at Loudoun Valley High School and a student at the Loudoun Academy of Science, was recently honored by the Loudoun County School Board for his successful participation in the International Space Olympics in Moscow.
 
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Two Loudoun County Supervisors - Lori Waters (R-Broad Run) and Jim Burton (I-Blue Ridge) announced support for the county owned 101-acre former Islamic Saudi Academy school site along Farmwell and Waxpool Road as a site for HS-8, the proposed new high school in Ashburn.
 
Monday, November 16, 2009
Concerns over continued decllining revenues and real estate values, foreclosures, the likely elimination of hundreds of school and county jobs combined with similar state budget woes all confront Loudoun's elected officials as they prepare for the FY2011 budget process. When push comes to shove what will Loudoun residents agree to - less government services including the touted LCPS education system ...or more local taxes?
 
Sunday, November 15, 2009
The Loudoun County School Board moves one step closer to relieving overcrowding at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn by sending students in Lansdowne community to the new Tuscarora High School in Leesburg.
 
Thursday, November 5, 2009

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Loudoun's newest institution of higher education - The Art Institute of Washington-Northern Virginia, opens campus in the Corporate Office Park at Dulles Town Center in Sterling.
 
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Nominations are due by December 11, 2009 for the 2010 Washington Post Distinguished Educational Leadership Award, and Loudoun County's Principal of the Year award.
 
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