Courts
Jury awards $300 million to former children’s hospital patients claiming doctor sexually abused them(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A Virginia civil court awarded $300 million to three young women Friday after the women alleged a hospital’s former medical director abused them while they… Read More
President Donald Trump
Democrat candidate faces backlash after family member mocks Trump assassination attempt(The Center Square) – While Virginia lawmakers denounce the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, a key congressional candidate is catching heat after a close family member made… Read More
Public Education
Virginia county considers letting students carry Narcan amid rise in opioid overdosesLoudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) is weighing a proposal to allow students to carry naloxone in school. The drug, commonly known by its retail name Narcan,… Read More
Public Education
Lowest-spending Virginia school districts surpass top spenders in some subjects(The Center Square) – Recent data on school district spending gathered by the Virginia Public Access Project appear to support the conclusion of a late-February Reason Foundation study assessing the relationship… Read More
Public Education
School year kicks off with new lab schools in Virginia(The Center Square) – Back to school is always chock-full of firsts for students: a new grade, sometimes a new school, and often new classmates and teachers— although this school year also… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school board approves co-ed sex classes despite public oppositionOver parents’ objections Fairfax County Public Schools is planning for sex education to be co-ed in upper elementary and middle-school classes starting this fall. The Virginia school district is piloting… Read More
Public Education
Executive order paves way for cellphone-free schools in Virginia(The Center Square) – Virginia is joining a growing number of states seeking to limit cellphone usage in public schools. Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued Executive Order 33 on Tuesday, which… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school district tightens cellphone policy for upcoming school yearThe Loudoun County School Board in Virginia has approved a stricter cellphone policy, aiming to minimize distractions and enhance students’ focus on academics. Policy 8655 bans… Read More
Public Education
Fairfax County special education teacher charged with assaulting multiple studentsA Virginia public school elementary teacher is facing charges for allegedly assaulting multiple students in the classroom. Elizabeth Yoshimi Nagagata, 62, a Fairfax County Public Schools special education teacher, faces… Read More
Public Education
Parents object to Virginia county confusing 5-year-olds with ‘gender spectrum’(The Daily Signal) – A Northern Virginia school board will vote Thursday on a proposal to add lessons on the “gender spectrum” to elementary school curriculum – despite opposition from a… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school board aide, mother says proposed policy aims to shut her up about her conservative viewsThe Loudoun County, Virginia school board wants to “stifle” its aides from speaking critically against the board and district, one employee says. At its recent meeting, the Loudoun County… Read More
Public Education
Ian Prior explains why school boards get bad legal advice, what parents can do about itHaving spearheaded a highly effective parent coalition in Loudoun County, Virginia, Ian Prior knows just how hard it is to push back against the education establishment. Read More
Public Education
Virginia superintendent attended costly out-of-town conferences amid district fentanyl crisis, records showA Virginia superintendent spent thousands attending out-of-town conferences while his district was embroiled in a drug crisis, a public records request revealed. Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) Superintendent Aaron Spence… Read More
Homeschools
New Virginia law to help curb discrimination against homeschoolers applying to military programsRyan Carbonel is set to graduate this May from the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program, even though he originally encountered obstacles applying as a homeschool student. A new… Read More
Courts
‘They’ve come after me and never helped him’: Virginia father with special needs son hit with $600K lawsuit from districtA Virginia dad is being sued by his local school board after he complained about his special needs son not receiving legally mandated services. David Rife, a single father of… Read More
Culture
Parents question why Virginia high school staging drag musical, brunch(The Daily Signal) – A high school theater troupe is staging the risque musical “Kinky Boots” just outside the nation’s capital “in collaboration” with a leading Virginia school system’s “Pride”… Read More
Courts
Investigators looking at possible cover-up at Virginia school where teacher was shot by 6-year-oldProsecutors in Virginia are now investigating why the disciplinary records of a 6-year-old student at Richneck Elementary disappeared after the student shot a teacher. “We’ll work with the school system… Read More
Courts
Virginia school administrator indicted by special grand jury in elementary school shootingThe former assistant principal at the Newport News, Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old student shot his teacher has been indicted for child abuse. The unsealed indictment states that Ebony… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school board takes heat for turning off cameras during meetingsThe Loudoun County School Board in Virginia is facing the ire of parents and community advocates for a recent decision to remove livestreaming cameras during the… Read More
Courts
Christian ministries get settlement in Virginia religious freedom suitIn a religious freedom victory, two Virginia churches, three Christian schools and a pregnancy center network have received a settlement in a lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Virginia. Alliance Defending… Read More