Education
The Loudoun County School Board adopted its Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget, including increased employee compensation, at its Tuesday, Aug. 8, meeting. The approved Operating Budget is $1,668,345,179, a 6.9 percent increase over Fiscal Year 2023. The approval came outside the traditional budget cycle due to the lack of a final state budget. Loudoun County…
The Loudoun County School Board voted to appoint Dr. Aaron Spence as the next superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools. Since 2014, Dr. Spence has served as superintendent of Virginia Beach City Public Schools, a school district of over 65,000 students and 10,000 employees. During his tenure, Dr. Spence supported significant growth in the division,…
The Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains are sponsoring a Video Contest with this year’s Loudoun County High Schools Capstone Students. The goal is to heighten the awareness of the majesty of and the dangers to the Blue Ridge Mountains. They gathered recently with some members of the Friends board at Bears Den to discuss the…
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced the 68th annual program winners for 2023, which includes 17 seniors from Loudoun County Public Schools. Eleven seniors will receive a $2,500 scholarship from NMSC for having the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills and potential for success in rigorous college studies. These students were selected from more than…
Four Loudoun County Public Schools high school students have earned national award medals as part of the 100th annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition. Young artists and writers in grades 7-12 submit work in 28 categories of art and writing to a network of regional affiliates who present award ceremonies and exhibits for selected…
According to Niche, a web-based ranking and review service, Loudoun County Public Schools is ranked the No. 5 best public school district (out of 131) in Virginia. Niche ranks school districts based on various criteria including academic performance (SAT/ACT scores and state proficiency tests), teacher salaries, diversity, parent/student surveys and more to determine which communities…
The Loudoun Chamber’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy Class of 2023 held its 7th Annual Investor Panel on April 18, where 24 local student entrepreneurs pitched their businesses and nonprofit startups to a panel of investors and local business leaders. Presented by the Loudoun Chamber Foundation and the Loudoun Economic Development Authority, YEA! Loudoun is a 7-month…
Loudoun County Public Schools honors school nutrition professionals for their hard work and commitment to providing healthy meals to students on School Lunch Hero Day, Fri., May 5. Between preparing delicious food, adhering to strict nutrition standards, navigating student food allergies, offering service with a smile, and rolling out a new Point of Sale software…
Loudoun County Public Schools will be launching its new Pre-International Baccalaureate (Pre-IB) program beginning in the fall of 2023 at Heritage and Loudoun Valley high schools. Once candidate schools are approved, the integrated, holistic curriculum will engage students as creative problem solvers and empathetic global citizens. Informational meetings for parents/guardians of students in grades 9…
On Sept. 20, after a tour of the Loudoun County Voter Registrars office ahead of early voting at the end of September, Gov. Glenn Youngkin discussed Virginia Public School’s new model policies regarding parental rights and transgender policies, when asked about it at a press gaggle after the tour. “We want to respect all students.…