CRIME Horror in Loudoun County Implicates Local and Federal Officials
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I am in Virginia....we elect our school board members....the local elections happen every 2 years..in 2021 we had one liberal school board member up for reelection....they were challenged by a young conservative mother with almost no money....a post card campaign...very low $.....she won by a huge margin....our next local election will be next November..2023.....we are slowly one local election at a time..taking back control of our county... Orange County in central Virginia
We will see what the voters of Uber liberal Loudon Co do next time..they do have the power to change composition of the school board... we are watching..
Anywhere in this country that you vote for your school board it is critical that you all get informed about who is running and get in the fight....these people have control of our children..
We will see what the voters of Uber liberal Loudon Co do next time..they do have the power to change composition of the school board... we are watching..
Anywhere in this country that you vote for your school board it is critical that you all get informed about who is running and get in the fight....these people have control of our children..
NoDandy
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Yes ! It should !!!
But, put all the happy, happy dreams aside. Come back to earth, and realistically answer the following:
1. Who will stop it ?
2. How will they stop it ?
dstraito
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Yes ! It should !!!
But, put all the happy, happy dreams aside. Come back to earth, and realistically answer the following:
1. Who will stop it ?
2. How will they stop it ?
Very reasonable questions that I can not answer.
Maybe if enough peop!e feel this way it can manifest.
jward
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Loudoun County school superintendent fired after report says he failed to address sex assault cases
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Loudoun County school superintendent fired after report says he failed to address sex assault cases
Loudoun County school superintendent fired after report says he failed to address sex assault cases
The Loudoun County School Board fired superintendent Scott Ziegler over his handling of two sexual assaults committed by the same student, a day after the release of a special grand jury report that found district administrators “failed at every juncture.”
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CaryC
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Update:
A special grand jury has indicted two Loudoun County officials for making false statements, according to indictments made public on Dec. 12.
Grand jurors indicted Scott Ziegler, the just-fired county superintendent, on three counts, including false publication, according to copies of the indictments obtained by The Epoch Times.
That count stemmed from Ziegler “knowingly” transmitting to media outlets on or about June 22, 2021, a “false and untrue statement.” The statement was not identified.
They also indicted Wayde Byard, a top spokesperson for Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS), on a count of perjury.
LCPS and Byard did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Ziegler could not be reached.
According to emails, Ziegler was, in fact, aware that a 15-year-old girl was assaulted the previous month by a male student inside a bathroom at Stone Bridge High School.
The principal of the high school told grand jurors that the statement was “not true” and another witness said it was a “bald-faced lie.”
Ziegler later claimed to misunderstand the question that prompted his false statement.
Loudoun County school officials did not record instances of sexual assault despite being required to do so.
The same male assailant, who has been described as “gender fluid,” went on to assault another female student at a different school in October 2021. He was found guilty of both assaults and sentenced to juvenile detention until he is 18.
Grand jurors said they were largely stonewalled by LCPS and Loudoun County School Board members during the investigation.
The grand jury was convened by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, a Republican, at the direction of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, another Republican. Both entered office in January.
The school board failed in attempts to block the investigation, with the Virginia Supreme Court finding that the board had not offered any convincing arguments for why the investigation infringed on its oversight of schools in the county.
The suit says Brooks was assaulted dozens of times each day starting in February and that tactics she attempted did not work.
Brooks messaged and met with school administrators but LCPS personnel who were in positions to intervene “repeatedly dismissed and ignored” her pleas for help, the filing states.
Brooks was later falsely deemed to have released personally identifiable information and undertook unprofessional conduct and the school board released a statement about her that was defamatory, the suit says. LCPS also decided against renewing her contract, which was allegedly done out of retaliation.
One of the new indictments says that Ziegler unlawfully fired or took adverse action against Brooks. The other says that he unlawfully used his position to retaliate or threaten to retaliate against Brooks “for expressing views on matters of public concern or for exercising any right that is otherwise protected by law.”
All three of the counts against Ziegler are misdemeanors.
Ziegler faces up to 12 months in prison and up to $3,500 in fines if convicted.
The count against Byard is a felony.
Byard faces between one and 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $2,500.
Smith assured the reporters on the night of his appointment, “Absolutely, our kids are safe, and that’ll remain our priority.” He said his priorities would be ensuring that the school division “focused on teaching and learning of our kids.”
The board has another meeting scheduled for Dec. 13. Agenda items include reviewing and discussing the recommendations outlined in the grand jury report.
The board will “consider meaningful approaches to address those recommendations,” the agenda states.
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If they do go to prison, they may find out what the girls went through. Let us hope.
Grand Jury Indicts Former Loudoun County Superintendent Scott Ziegler, Top Spokesperson
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,A special grand jury has indicted two Loudoun County officials for making false statements, according to indictments made public on Dec. 12.
Grand jurors indicted Scott Ziegler, the just-fired county superintendent, on three counts, including false publication, according to copies of the indictments obtained by The Epoch Times.
That count stemmed from Ziegler “knowingly” transmitting to media outlets on or about June 22, 2021, a “false and untrue statement.” The statement was not identified.
They also indicted Wayde Byard, a top spokesperson for Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS), on a count of perjury.
LCPS and Byard did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Ziegler could not be reached.
The indictments were released shortly after a report from the special grand jury found that Ziegler lied when he claimed in June 2021 that he was not aware of any assaults occurring in school bathrooms.
According to emails, Ziegler was, in fact, aware that a 15-year-old girl was assaulted the previous month by a male student inside a bathroom at Stone Bridge High School.
The principal of the high school told grand jurors that the statement was “not true” and another witness said it was a “bald-faced lie.”
Ziegler later claimed to misunderstand the question that prompted his false statement.
Loudoun County school officials did not record instances of sexual assault despite being required to do so.
The same male assailant, who has been described as “gender fluid,” went on to assault another female student at a different school in October 2021. He was found guilty of both assaults and sentenced to juvenile detention until he is 18.
Grand jurors said they were largely stonewalled by LCPS and Loudoun County School Board members during the investigation.
The board voted on Dec. 6 to fire Ziegler without cause. Board chair Jeff Morse told reporters that the board was “misled” by Ziegler. Morse declined to say whether any other officials mentioned in the report should be fired.
The grand jury was convened by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, a Republican, at the direction of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, another Republican. Both entered office in January.
The school board failed in attempts to block the investigation, with the Virginia Supreme Court finding that the board had not offered any convincing arguments for why the investigation infringed on its oversight of schools in the county.
Other Counts
The other two counts against Ziegler relate to Erin Brooks, a special education teacher who sued LCPS in June for allegedly failing to protect her against being sexually assaulted and retaliating against her when she spoke out about the matter.The suit says Brooks was assaulted dozens of times each day starting in February and that tactics she attempted did not work.
Brooks messaged and met with school administrators but LCPS personnel who were in positions to intervene “repeatedly dismissed and ignored” her pleas for help, the filing states.
Brooks was later falsely deemed to have released personally identifiable information and undertook unprofessional conduct and the school board released a statement about her that was defamatory, the suit says. LCPS also decided against renewing her contract, which was allegedly done out of retaliation.
One of the new indictments says that Ziegler unlawfully fired or took adverse action against Brooks. The other says that he unlawfully used his position to retaliate or threaten to retaliate against Brooks “for expressing views on matters of public concern or for exercising any right that is otherwise protected by law.”
All three of the counts against Ziegler are misdemeanors.
Ziegler faces up to 12 months in prison and up to $3,500 in fines if convicted.
The count against Byard is a felony.
Byard faces between one and 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $2,500.
Interim Superintendent Appointed
The board appointed Daniel Smith as interim superintendent.Morse said he and vice chair Ian Serotkin reached out to Smith for the position because they viewed Smith as “an important stabilization factor” when observing him closely as chief of staff. In addition, Smith wasn’t present during the two sexual assaults in 2021.
Smith assured the reporters on the night of his appointment, “Absolutely, our kids are safe, and that’ll remain our priority.” He said his priorities would be ensuring that the school division “focused on teaching and learning of our kids.”
The board has another meeting scheduled for Dec. 13. Agenda items include reviewing and discussing the recommendations outlined in the grand jury report.
The board will “consider meaningful approaches to address those recommendations,” the agenda states.
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If they do go to prison, they may find out what the girls went through. Let us hope.
They will censor every one but themselves because they are the “ Enlightened Ones “ and believe they did no wrong. But this report does give the father all kinds of ammo for his lawsuit against them. Public defamation false arrest and whatever a creative lawyer can come up with.
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ESFP adrift in INTJ sea
And Miss Brooks did NOT shoot the sunuvabeach. REMARKABLE restraint.
With picnic tables and food trucks.
20Gauge
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You have it pretty good. You can see those liberals. Here everyone is called a Republican and even though they may be liberal, it is harder to actually tell the difference when it comes to elections as Rs who are incumbents get re-elected automatically. Also large support from the party.
CaryC
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It ain't over:
ASHBURN, Virginia — The Loudoun County School Board faced a barrage of angry parents Tuesday evening as they held their first public school board meeting in the aftermath of a damning grand jury report detailing their incompetent response to the sexual assaults of two female students.
The grand jury was charged with investigating the county’s response to the rape of one female student at Stone Bridge High School and the violent sexual assault of another female student at Broad Run High School by the same male student.
In addition to the report, the grand jury indicted former school superintendent Scott Ziegler for three misdemeanor counts and former communications director Wayde Byard for one felony count.
The report said the school district “failed at every juncture” and could have prevented the second assault, but they were too self-interested.
Many parents called for multiple school personnel, particularly division counsel Robert Falconi, to be fired. They also called on all school board members to resign, except the newly-elected, pro-parent board member Tiffany Polifko.
“Shame on you for all your wickedness and duplicity,” speaker Meggan Jenkins said. “Two girls became sacrificial lambs to further your political agenda.”
Jenkins was likely referring to the fact that in between the assaults, the school board was considering a motion allowing male students to use female restrooms and locker rooms — a policy already allowed in the district but not made official. Such a policy would have become more controversial by the first assault, as the rapist was wearing a skirt and decided he wanted to use the girls’ restroom.
Stone Bridge student Angelina Mineo also gave a powerful address, asking the school board how she is supposed to go to school with a principal who “covered up a rape.”
“I just want to start off by saying I’m thoroughly disgusted with all of you. All of you are supposed to protect young students like me, and you failed at doing that,” she said. “How am I gonna look at my principal the same way? I have to walk past him every day to go into my school. How am I supposed to look at him the same way knowing he covered up a rape?”
Mineo was suspended for two weeks last year for not wearing a mask and drew a dichotomy between the discipline she received and the lack thereof received by the perpetrator.
“What disciplinary action did he take against this rapist? ‘Oh, yeah, let’s transfer him to another school,'” she said, mockingly. “Brilliant idea. Look what he did: he did it again. And you act so surprised. Are you kidding me?”
Another speaker, Abbie Platt, said something similar happened to her son, explaining, “My seven-year-old was suspended for [not] wearing a mask. You didn’t even suspend a rapist.”
Both of the parents of the first victim spoke this evening. The father, Scott Smith, made national headlines by being arrested and removed from a school board meeting after Ziegler blatantly lied to him about his own daughter’s rape.
Jessica Smith, the child’s mother, said, “From the very beginning, we were determined as parents to not let the Loudoun County school system sweep what happen to our daughter and another parent’s daughter under the rug as you repeatedly tried to do.”
“We are as determined now as we were back then not to remain silent as you wanted us to do,” she continued. “The assault on our daughter and the subsequent assault by the same individual of another young lady were both predictable and preventable. You need to clean house now.”
Mr. Smith directed attention at Falconi, saying, “You, Falconi over there, bud, it says clearly in this report in several different paragraphs what you did, how you instructed them. What’s that? … My attorneys will take you down, bud, we’re not scared of you.”
He was referring to portions of the grand jury report that said the entity would have indicted Falconi, but that there is no statute in Virginia that they could use to indict on witness tampering.
Ian Prior, a Loudoun resident, also spoke at the meeting.
“You hitched your wagon to a political agenda and Scott Ziegler, the man who would implement that agenda, your lightning rod,” Prior, who is the executive director of Fight for Schools and a senior adviser at America First Legal, said. “And despite an independent review, despite the facts and evidence that we laid at your doorstep, you kept him on and you praised his integrity.”
“You gave him a $30,000 raise and a $300,000 golden parachute,” he continued. “You and your allies tried and fail to discredit us. You and your allies tried and failed to discredit and obstruct a grand jury, and then you spiked the football on your own 20-yard line. You chose to be history’s villains. There is no escape from that legacy.”
Before the public comment period, Falconi presented to the board policy changes related to recommendations made by the grand jury report.
Polifko appeared to be skeptical of them, saying, “cleaning up the language” would not address “the real problems here and the elephant in the room.”
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‘You Chose to Be History’s Villains’: Loudoun County Parents Rip School Board After Grand Jury Report
ASHBURN, Virginia — The Loudoun County School Board faced a barrage of angry parents Tuesday evening as they held their first public school board meeting in the aftermath of a damning grand jury report detailing their incompetent response to the sexual assaults of two female students.
The grand jury was charged with investigating the county’s response to the rape of one female student at Stone Bridge High School and the violent sexual assault of another female student at Broad Run High School by the same male student.
In addition to the report, the grand jury indicted former school superintendent Scott Ziegler for three misdemeanor counts and former communications director Wayde Byard for one felony count.
The report said the school district “failed at every juncture” and could have prevented the second assault, but they were too self-interested.
Many parents called for multiple school personnel, particularly division counsel Robert Falconi, to be fired. They also called on all school board members to resign, except the newly-elected, pro-parent board member Tiffany Polifko.
“Shame on you for all your wickedness and duplicity,” speaker Meggan Jenkins said. “Two girls became sacrificial lambs to further your political agenda.”
Jenkins was likely referring to the fact that in between the assaults, the school board was considering a motion allowing male students to use female restrooms and locker rooms — a policy already allowed in the district but not made official. Such a policy would have become more controversial by the first assault, as the rapist was wearing a skirt and decided he wanted to use the girls’ restroom.
Stone Bridge student Angelina Mineo also gave a powerful address, asking the school board how she is supposed to go to school with a principal who “covered up a rape.”
“I just want to start off by saying I’m thoroughly disgusted with all of you. All of you are supposed to protect young students like me, and you failed at doing that,” she said. “How am I gonna look at my principal the same way? I have to walk past him every day to go into my school. How am I supposed to look at him the same way knowing he covered up a rape?”
Mineo was suspended for two weeks last year for not wearing a mask and drew a dichotomy between the discipline she received and the lack thereof received by the perpetrator.
“What disciplinary action did he take against this rapist? ‘Oh, yeah, let’s transfer him to another school,'” she said, mockingly. “Brilliant idea. Look what he did: he did it again. And you act so surprised. Are you kidding me?”
Another speaker, Abbie Platt, said something similar happened to her son, explaining, “My seven-year-old was suspended for [not] wearing a mask. You didn’t even suspend a rapist.”
Both of the parents of the first victim spoke this evening. The father, Scott Smith, made national headlines by being arrested and removed from a school board meeting after Ziegler blatantly lied to him about his own daughter’s rape.
Jessica Smith, the child’s mother, said, “From the very beginning, we were determined as parents to not let the Loudoun County school system sweep what happen to our daughter and another parent’s daughter under the rug as you repeatedly tried to do.”
“We are as determined now as we were back then not to remain silent as you wanted us to do,” she continued. “The assault on our daughter and the subsequent assault by the same individual of another young lady were both predictable and preventable. You need to clean house now.”
Mr. Smith directed attention at Falconi, saying, “You, Falconi over there, bud, it says clearly in this report in several different paragraphs what you did, how you instructed them. What’s that? … My attorneys will take you down, bud, we’re not scared of you.”
He was referring to portions of the grand jury report that said the entity would have indicted Falconi, but that there is no statute in Virginia that they could use to indict on witness tampering.
Ian Prior, a Loudoun resident, also spoke at the meeting.
“You hitched your wagon to a political agenda and Scott Ziegler, the man who would implement that agenda, your lightning rod,” Prior, who is the executive director of Fight for Schools and a senior adviser at America First Legal, said. “And despite an independent review, despite the facts and evidence that we laid at your doorstep, you kept him on and you praised his integrity.”
“You gave him a $30,000 raise and a $300,000 golden parachute,” he continued. “You and your allies tried and fail to discredit us. You and your allies tried and failed to discredit and obstruct a grand jury, and then you spiked the football on your own 20-yard line. You chose to be history’s villains. There is no escape from that legacy.”
Before the public comment period, Falconi presented to the board policy changes related to recommendations made by the grand jury report.
Polifko appeared to be skeptical of them, saying, “cleaning up the language” would not address “the real problems here and the elephant in the room.”
'You Chose to Be History's Villains': Loudoun County Parents Rip School Board
Loudoun County School Board faced angry parents as they held their first public school board meeting in the aftermath of a grand jury report.
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Dad arrested for protesting woke agenda at Loudoun County school board meeting found ‘not guilty’
'Today’s ruling is a win not just for me, but for all the parents and citizens of Loudoun County who have been systematically silenced and shut out of the process by this School division over the last few years,' said Jon Tigges.
Jon Tigges
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Virginia (LifeSiteNews) — A father who protested against a woke race and LGBT agenda infecting his local public schools won his case when a judge dismissed trespassing charges against him.
“Not guilty,” Jon Tigges, a military veteran, tweeted on January 5, announcing he had won his case stemming from a contentious Loudoun County school board meeting in June 2021. Tigges had been charged with trespassing after he asserted his First Amendment right to speak out at a school board meeting.
“Today’s ruling is a win not just for me, but for all the parents and citizens of Loudoun County who have been systematically silenced and shut out of the process by this School division over the last few years,” he added in a separate media statement. “I didn’t serve my country for decades overseas only to come home and have my rights trampled on here. I hope this victory only encourages more parents to speak out and get involved to take back their children’s education and reclaim their basic rights.”
According to Tigges, the county judge ruled that Superintendent Scott Ziegler did not have the authority to remove citizens from an open meeting.
RELATED: ‘Unlawful assembly’: 2 parents arrested after protesting trans policies, critical race theory at Virginia school board meeting
Ziegler no longer works for the district after a grand jury found he covered up the sexual assault of a female student by a cross-dressing male student. Ziegler is accused of covering up the criminal activity because it would have reflected badly on LGBT bathroom policies which allow gender-confused males to enter women’s locker rooms and bathrooms without any restrictions. He was indicted in December.
READ: Grand jury criticizes Virginia school officials over transgender rape scandal: ‘Failed at every juncture’
The protests at school board meetings, particularly in the affluent and liberal Loudoun County near D.C., were used as a pretext for President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland to order federal agents to keep a close eye on average American citizens speaking out against school COVID policies as well as pro-LGBT and critical race theory content in the classrooms and school libraries.
A letter from the National School Boards Association (NSBA), which compared parents and other activists to domestic terrorists, cited the arrest of the parent of the girl sexually assaulted by a gender-confused teen, as reasons for using federal law enforcement. The girl’s father, Scott Smith, was arrested at the same meeting along with Tigges.
The letter proved to be an embarrassment to the NSBA, which lost members over its letter, and Attorney General Garland.
Dad arrested for protesting woke agenda at Loudoun County school board meeting found 'not guilty' - LifeSite
'Today’s ruling is a win not just for me, but for all the parents and citizens of Loudoun County who have been systematically silenced and shut out of the process by this School division over the last few years,' said Jon Tigges.
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