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The Republican Standard
- September 12, 2023
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On Sunday, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) granted an “absolute pardon” to the father who was arrested at a school board meeting after his daughter was sexually assaulted in the school restroom by a skirt-wearing boy in June 2021. The pardon says that Scott Smith “exercised his constitutional right to attend a public meeting of […]

Nancy grew up in the South where her passion for politics first began. After getting her BA in journalism from Ole Miss she became ...
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The Republican Standard
- August 30, 2023
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A liberal school board in suburban Washington, D.C. is now being sued in federal court over an “Action Plan to Combat Systemic Racism” that reports children to officials for any speech that deviates from approved liberal ideology – even at home or after school. Represented by the Liberty Justice Center, several Loudoun County, Virginia parents […]

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- December 9, 2022
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The Loudoun County School Board voted unanimously to fire Superintendent Scott Ziegler without cause after a grand jury report blamed Ziegler and his administration for much of the district’s mishandling of two 2021 sexual assaults. The board spent much of the Tuesday evening meeting in closed session and didn’t publicly discuss Ziegler’s termination. In an emergency meeting Thursday, the […]

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- September 4, 2022
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Attorney General Jason Miyares’ grand jury investigation into the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) can go forward after the Virginia Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit from the school board seeking to block the investigation. In a Friday opinion, the state supreme court said the only grounds for blocking the injunction would be […]

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- July 12, 2022
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A Loudoun County Circuit Court judge dismissed a lawsuit to block Attorney General Jason Miyares’ grand jury investigation into the Loudoun County School Board. “We are pleased with the court’s ruling dismissing the School Board’s complaint and affirming Governor Youngkin’s Executive Order Number Four. This is a win for parents and students across the Commonwealth. […]

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- July 2, 2022
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America First Legal, helmed by former Trump advisor Stephen Miller, announced a lawsuit against Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS)on Wednesday, alleging that district policy takes away parental rights. “The Defendants’ policies and practices are intended to force or have the effect of forcing Plaintiffs into choosing between their fundamental right to direct the education, moral instruction, and […]

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- June 29, 2022
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The troubled Loudoun County Public School district has been hit with another stunning accusation, this time in the form of another lawsuit. In an exclusive report from Fox News, the conservative America First Legal (AFL), through its Center for Legal Equality, has filed a lawsuit against the school system “for the district’s systemic and egregious […]

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- June 21, 2022
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Former Republican Party of Virginia Chairman John Whitbeck Jr. is representing Loudoun teacher Erin Brooks in a lawsuit against the school board and Principal Diane Mackey. Brooks, a special needs teacher, alleges that a student repeatedly touched her in inappropriate ways, that the school failed to respond adequately, and that Mackey retaliated after Brooks spoke […]

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- June 20, 2022
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A special education school teacher who spoke out, and was subsequently fired allegedly for out about her story has filed a lawsuit against the Loudoun County school board for failing to protect her. The lawsuit has been filed by Erin Brooks, who as previously reported, is one of two Loudoun County public school teachers who […]

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- June 17, 2022
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Miayres has had enough of the Loudoun County School Board, as he calls their attempts to halt a special grand jury as being “legally baseless.” As previously reported, the Loudoun County School Board is seeking to halt the grand jury investigation, convened by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, into its handling of sexual abuse cases […]