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School board backs budget priorities
Members of the Loudoun County School Board unanimously voted to provide guidance to Superintendent ... | 0 comments ›› more ...
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Loudoun schools rank high in SOLs
Several elementary schools in Loudoun made the list of top 100 in the region for SOL scores: | 0 comments ›› more ...
Leesburg man named Rhodes Scholar
Congratulations to Lucas Brown, 22, of Leesburg, who has been named a 2009 Rhodes Scholar! | 0 comments ›› more ...
Nominations needed for Future Leaders
The Loudoun Times-Mirror is collecting nominations for this year's Future Leaders program, through which local seniors in high school are recognized. | 0 comments ›› more ...
River Bend Middle School needs storage space
River Bend Middle School in Sterling is in need of immediate storage space for the set pieces and other items used in the upcoming spring musical. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Fair grades in Loudoun?
Tomorrow, Wednesday, Nov. 12, Loudoun County Public Schools' grading policies will be up for discussion during a meeting of the Loudoun Education Alliance of Parents. | 0 comments ›› more ...
LCPS has new parent information system
Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) is offering a new system, the Parent Information Management (PIM) system, so parents can conveniently update their phone numbers and e-mail addresses listed with the schools. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Voters weigh in on meals tax, school bonds
Voters in Loudoun County overwhelmingly turned down the proposed meals tax Nov. 4, which would have added a small tax to food and beverages in restaurants and prepared, ready-to-serve foods in grocery stores. | 0 comments ›› more ...
School-related issues on the ballot
Tomorrow -- Nov. 4 -- is Election Day, and Loudoun County voters will be asked to vote on a couple of measures relating to schools. | 0 comments ›› more ...
New complaint process for Loudoun County Public Schools
The School Board has enacted a new policy that provides the opportunity for parents or students to give input, comments, suggestions, or criticisms to Loudoun County Public School officials. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Lincoln students visit Oakdale School
Twenty-five fourth graders from Lincoln Elementary visited the one-room Oakdale School in Lincoln earlier this month and got to experience what it was like being a pupil there in 1818. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Board votes to deny Lenah schools site
After almost two years of planning and $1 million put toward the project, a Board of Supervisors vote this morning put an end to talks of building two new schools in Lenah Run. | 1 comment ›› more ...
Board to vote on Lenah schools Oct. 21
Following the Planning Commission's recommendation to deny a special exception for a middle and high school in Dulles South, the Board of Supervisors held a public hearing on the issue Oct. 14. | 0 comments ›› more ...
93 percent of Loudoun students graduated on time in 2008
In Virginia, more than 81 percent of the students in the class of 2008 graduated on time with a diploma, according to data released this month by the Virginia Department of Education. | 0 comments ›› more ...
School growth less than anticipated
The 2008-2009 enrollment for Loudoun County Public Schools as of Sept. 30 was 57,009 -- 308 students less than had been projected earlier this year. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Schools/County talk budget
The joint committee of the Board of Supervisors and School Board will meet tonight in the County Government Center in Leesburg to discuss next year's budget. | 2 comments ›› more ...
Schools celebrate Walk to School Week
October is international Walk to School Month, and next week -- Oct. 6 to 10 -- Potowmack Elementary School in Sterling will celebrate its third annual walk to school week event. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Some school stats
This week I happened to collect some data on ESL, food allergies and trailers at schools that I thought might be interesting to parents around the county. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Calling all parents with school bus drop off concerns
As fall starts up again, I'm starting to hear concerns from parents about kids being dropped off by the school bus and having to walk either long distances to home or down unsafe, gravel roads where drivers are speeding. | 0 comments ›› more ...
A discussion on land acquisition in Loudoun
At last week's joint committee meeting of the Board of Supervisors and School Board, an interesting discussion came up about land acquisition and Loudoun County's needs over the next 10 years. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Can computer software replace teachers?
At a cost of about $100 per student, Rosetta Stone could save the schools money, but would it be worth it? | 0 comments ›› more ...
A 4-day school week in Loudoun?
Seems like this issue has popped up again, this time in Loudoun County. | 2 comments ›› more ...
Lou Dobbs Live tonight in South Riding
Lou Dobbs of CNN will be broadcasting "Lou Dobbs Live" from the Freedom High School auditorium in South Riding tonight. | 0 comments ›› more ...
The new high school name is...!!!
The new high school opening in Leesburg in fall 2010 will be named... | 0 comments ›› more ...
Parents discuss the future of small schools
Following the most recent controversy over small schools in western Loudoun, a group of Middleburg Elementary parents met recently with Edgar Hatrick, superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools. | 0 comments ›› more ...
State of Education in Loudoun
Edgar Hatrick, Superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools, gave his annual State of Education address this morning. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Back to school
Today is the first day of the 2008 - 2009 school year at Loudoun County Public Schools, and more than 57,300 students are returningto their classrooms. Here are some more facts about school this year: | 0 comments ›› more ...
Loudoun Valley student still recovering
Jennifer Donaldson, a rising senior at Loudoun Valley High School, will not attend her first day of school this year. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Loudoun SAT scores rise
The Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) scores for Loudoun County students rose by an average of 15 points from 2007 to 2008. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Last week of summer
For many parents and children across the county, the realization has come that this week is the last week of summer. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Loudoun, Virginia score well on ACTs
Both Loudoun County and the state of Virginia's average ACT scores rose this year to well above the national average. | 0 comments ›› more ...
A visit to China's schools
With the Olympics coming to an end in Beijing, a lot of attention is on China and how the country has portrayed itself to the world. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Schools could save $2 million over five years
Loudoun County Public Schools could save $2 million over five years by implementing some changes, according to an efficiency review presented to members of the School Board Aug. 12. | 0 comments ›› more ...
New high school in Leesburg needs a name
Loudoun County is buzzin with talk about the name for the new Leesburg high school that will be built just northwest of town. | 1 comment ›› more ...
Teachers' field trip -- from chickens to oysters and beyond
Over the next five days, 10 teachers from schools all over Loudoun County will take part in a special field trip to learn about the Chesapeake Bay watershed. | 0 comments ›› more ...
The 4-day school week
You've heard of the 4-day work week. What about the 4-day school week? | 0 comments ›› more ...
Auction to benefit student in a coma
On June 22, Jenny Donaldson, a rising senior at Loudoun Valley High School, was hurt in a car accident near Hershey, Pa. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Name that school
The naming committee for Loudoun County's latest high school -- set to open in Leesburg in fall 2009 – has come up with three suggestions for names: | 2 comments ›› more ...
Promoting walking/ biking to school
With the high cost of gas, everyone is trying to come up with ways to drive less. School systems across Virginia are doing the same. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Parents: Give Sterling youth a hometown to be proud of
Sterling residents got the chance to unload on seven members of the Board of Supervisors July 22 and talked much about what quality of life is like in the community. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Considering college in Virginia? Read this...
Next week is "Private College Week" in Virginia, which offers upcoming juniors and seniors in high school the chance to visit local colleges and receive three application fee waivers when applying to any of the participating schools. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Controvery continues over Lenah schools
School Board Chairman Robert DuPree sent this letter at the request of Blue Ridge Supervisor Jim Burton on July 11 explaining the reasoning behind the board's decision to authorize the purchase of the land. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Two new schools in Lenah?
I'll start off with a short item this week on the Lenah schools property. | 0 comments ›› more ...
Welcome to my NEW schools blog!
Summer might seem like a strange time to start a blog about schools... | 2 comments ›› more ...