Election Official Charged with Corruption

A Virginia election official charged with corruption changed the results of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in false results being reported, according to newly disclosed court filings. Former Prime William County registrar Michele White “altered the election results within the state reporting system, VERIS,” according to one of the documents. “Her alterations resulted in the … Continued

Student Suspended for Exposing Anti-Semitism

Last week, Jewish students at Langley High School were stunned to see the image of a U.S. flag that a classmate had drawn in Room 1406 during a meeting of the Muslim Students Association, replacing the stars on the flag with swastikas and the message “Free Palestine!” in between squiggles for stripes. The image circulated … Continued

Ten Overdoses at 6 High Schools in Same County

When Loudoun County Public Schools held five fentanyl-awareness sessions in February and March, acting school division spokesman Daniel L. Adams wouldn’t say if any students had overdosed on fentanyl. He cited privacy concerns and not receiving “consistent follow-up information” from hospitals and parents. But in a division-wide email to parents on Nov. 1, LCPS Superintendent Aaron C. … Continued

Students Protest Transgender Bathroom Policy

Students at a Virginia high school in Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) walked out in protest of the district’s gender policy that allows non-binary, gender-fluid and transgender students to use whichever school bathrooms and locker rooms they want based on their chosen gender. Around 50-100 students at Woodgrove High School, in Purcellville, Virginia, participated in … Continued

Women’s Swim Team Work to Protect Their Sport

A group of elite women swimmers at a Virginia university are demanding urgent action to protect their sport, after a transgender student joined their team, leaving the coaches and athletes ‘demoralized’, angry, and unsure how to cope. The trans student informed staff at Roanoke College in September that she wished to swim on the women’s team, after sitting out … Continued

Migrant Children Employed by Perdue and Tyson Foods

Perdue Farms and Tyson Foods employed migrant child laborers released from federal custody working in dangerous conditions, according to The New York Times. One of those children, Marcos Cux, a 14-year-old Guatemalan migrant, nearly lost his arm while working at a Perdue plant around Parksley, Virginia, in 2022 when his sleeve got caught on a … Continued

Dad Arrested at School Board Meeting Pardoned

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin granted an absolute pardon to Scott Smith, the Loudoun County father arrested at a school board meeting in 2021 after school district officials lied about his daughter’s sexual assault by a boy who entered the girls’ bathroom wearing a skirt. Smith’s teenage daughter was sexually assaulted by a male student in … Continued

School Board Sued for Undermining Parental Rights

A grandmother is suing a Virginia school district and a public defender for allegedly hiding her 14-year-old granddaughter’s gender transition from her and advocating for the teen to be put in a group home, actions she claims resulted in the child falling into the hands of sex traffickers on two occasions. Michele Blair is the … Continued

New Christian Academy Opens in Troubled County

MIDDLEBURG, Va. – When Cornerstone Christian Academy opened its campus doors last week, hundreds of eager students and relieved parents flooded the hallways. Cornerstone Chapel Pastor Gary Hamrick announced the K-8 Christian school last February as an alternative for parents who wanted something other than a public school education for their children. Over 500 students are already … Continued

Asian High School Students Face Discrimination

Parents and students at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology set the table this week for the next big test of affirmative action, asking the Supreme Court to overrule the Virginia school’s new admissions policy as unfair discrimination against Asian Americans. Coalition for TJ says the policy, which reserves some slots at the highly selective school based on geography, was … Continued

State Paid $20.8 Million in Medicaid Benefits For 12,000+ Deceased Enrollees

Federal auditors found Virginia’s Medicaid program paid managed care organizations at least $20.8 million in capitation payments from 2019-21 for more than 12,000 deceased enrollees during those years. Federal auditors found Virginia’s Medicaid program paid managed care organizations at least $20.8 million in capitation payments from 2019-21 for more than 12,000 deceased enrollees during those … Continued

New State Policies Reaffirm Parental Rights

The Virginia Department of Education honored parental rights in new model policies on how schools should respond to children who claim to identify as transgender . The new policies, which must be adopted by all of Virginia’s public school districts, prohibit schools and school staff from accommodating a student’s request to use a different name or pronoun at school unless the child’s … Continued

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