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Virginia House passes bill eliminating post-Labor Day school opening

Thu., Feb. 9 | 03:00 PM - House Bill 1063, which would allow local school boards to set the school calendar and the opening of the school year, passed 76-23 in the House of Delegates on Feb. 2. The bill is awaiting debate in the state Senate.

Capital Improvement Project presented to board

Wed., Feb. 8 | 11:48 AM - Superintendent Dr. Edgar Hatrick presented his Capital Improvement Project for fiscal 2013-2018 to the Loudoun County School Board during their Feb. 7 meeting resulting in projects totaling $565.6 million - significantly less from 2011’s $920 million presented.

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School board adopts fiscal 2013 operating budget

Wed., Feb. 8 | 01:28 AM - Cuts by School Board potentially includes 35 jobs from FLES program, phase one of full-day kindergarten, among others.

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Loudoun County Administrator proposes ‘zero tax increase’ budget

Tue., Feb. 7 | 07:15 PM - The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 7 heard County Administrator Tim Hemstreet's budget proposal for fiscal 2013, a plan that calls for no tax increases on the “average homeowner.”

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Waterford parents go to court for kids’ constant tardiness

Mon., Feb. 6 | 04:54 PM - Mark Denicore leaves early for work each morning from his home in Waterford. His wife, Amy, is in charge of getting their three children ready and out the door for school. With three children, all under age 10, it can be challenging to get them ready all at once and make it to school on time.

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School Board scheduled to adopt operating budget Tuesday

Mon., Feb. 6 | 02:58 PM - Loudoun County School Board members will begin amending the proposed operating budget Feb. 7 after weeks of deliberating in work sessions and hearing the public's voice.

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Briar Woods High School senior Shaquera Leach, center, teases Vanessa Dyce for getting excited about another friend lending her a graphing calculator during lunch Jan. 30. The two sit with the third member of their trio of best friends, Jasmin Manea, left, and a diverse group of friends everyday at lunch. Times-Mirror Staff Photo/Beverly Denny

To be young and black in Loudoun

Sat., Feb. 4 | 08:00 AM - Briar Woods High School track star Shaquera Leach opens up about the importance of Black History Month.

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White House science fair to highlight two Leesburg students

Wed., Feb. 8 | 12:22 PM - President Barack Obama hosted the second White House Science Fair Feb. 7 celebrating the student winners of a broad range of science, technology, engineering and math competitions across the U.S.

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UPDATE: Bus drivers consider walkout over benefit changes

Tue., Jan. 31 | 05:36 PM - The school boardroom was scattered with residents and LCPS employees on Jan. 31 wearing black and red in protest of proposed cuts in the budget that would affect part-time employees. More than 400 people gathered with more than 80 who had signed up to speak.

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Public speaks out on proposed school budget

Sat., Jan. 28 | 08:00 AM - With the public hearing portion of the School Operating Budget adoption process complete, the Loudoun County School Board will now begin to make changes to the proposed budget before presenting it to the Board of Supervisors.

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Full day kindergarten could be delayed due to budget constraints

Fri., Jan. 27 | 04:15 PM - The Loudoun County School Board spent a good amount of their scheduled work session Jan. 26 discussing programs and compensation that could be cut in the fiscal 2013 school operating budget.

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Bills would repeal HPV vaccine requirement

Mon., Jan. 23 | 11:16 AM - RICHMOND – In 2007, the General Assembly passed a law requiring girls to be vaccinated against the cancer-causing human papillomavirus before entering the sixth grade.

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Jake Hinkle, 13, left, and Kyle Ebbets, 13, build a simple pastry dessert before digging in during a school trip from Belmont Ridge Middle School to the National Conference Center Jan. 11. Times-Mirror Staff Photo/Matt Vecchio

Belmont Ridge eighth-graders learn business, event planning with NCC

Fri., Jan. 20 | 12:00 PM - A future Top Chef or the next great event planner could be coming out of Belmont Ridge Middle School.

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VA school choice advocates push tax credits for corporate scholarships

Thu., Jan. 19 | 03:00 PM - RICHMOND — Parents of children who are struggling in some of Virginia’s most troubled public schools could get more choices, if Republicans win tax breaks for companies that make donations for low-income students to attend private institutions.

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Teacher organization demands salary increase

Wed., Jan. 18 | 05:08 PM - With Superintendent Edgar Hatrick asking for a 3 percent cost-of-living increase for all Loudoun County Public School employees in his proposed fiscal 2013 operating budget, the Loudoun Education Association announced it was time for a salary increase as well at the first public hearing Jan.12.

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Board of Supervisors push back HS-8 due diligence closing to Feb. 17

Tue., Jan. 17 | 07:18 PM - Supervisors extend due diligence for the Lansdowne high school proposal to Feb. 17 after after a barrage of public comments.

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Gender identity, staggered terms eliminated from schools’ legislative agenda

Wed., Jan. 11 | 03:28 PM - It took only one day for the new Loudoun County School Board to begin changing the 2012 Legislative Program that had been established by the previous board.

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Bill Weir, and insurance broker who moonlights as an authentic George Washington speaker for kids, often gives autographs and hugs after his speeches. Times-Mirror Staff Photo/Matt Vecchio

A visit from a founding father

Wed., Jan. 11 | 11:44 AM - Sixth graders at J. Michael Lunsford Middle School received a special treat Jan. 5-6, when a famous president visited to teach them about our nation's War on Independence.

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UPDATE: Hatrick presents fiscal 2013 school budget

Wed., Jan. 4 | 10:25 PM - For newly-elected Loudoun County School Board members who were elected on a platform of fiscal conservatism, their first challenge arrived in the form of a proposed school budget 10 percent higher than the funding allotted for fiscal 2012.

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Chapman selects new leadership team

Wed., Dec. 28 | 06:10 PM - Adhering to the old adage “out with the old, and in with the new,” Chapman is bringing on a new executive leadership team.

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Residents unhappy with results of Leesburg elementary re-zoning

Tue., Dec. 27 | 02:31 PM - Throughout the Leesburg Elementary School boundary process, residents of the Potomac Station community stressed to the School Board that they wanted to keep all of the communities' children throughout Leesburg together at the same school.

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School Board bids farewell during last meeting of calendar year

Wed., Dec. 21 | 01:15 PM - Five of the six members of the outgoing Loudoun County School Board bid farewell Dec. 13 during their final Tuesday meeting of their term.

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NOVA announces winter break and extended hours

Tue., Dec. 20 | 11:49 AM - Northern Virginia Community College will be closed for winter break from Dec. 23 through Jan. 2. The College will reopen Jan. 3.

UPDATE: Woodgrove principal resigns, replacement named

Mon., Dec. 19 | 02:50 PM - According to Loudoun County Public Schools, Woodgrove High School Principal Ric Gauriloff officially submitted his retirement paperwork Dec. 19.

Potomac Falls DECA and local family team up for Holiday House Tour

Mon., Dec. 19 | 11:59 AM - The Potomac Falls DECA and Matts family are coordinating a Winter Wonderland Holiday House Tour for Thursday, Dec. 22 from from 1 - 6 p.m.

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Lansdowne high school site under fire at supervisor walk through

Thu., Dec. 15 | 04:37 PM - Despite the contract being signed and a deposit already put down, the HS-8 site at the National Conference Center is still being met with resistance by some Lansdowne residents, as evident by the number of concerns and questions asked of Supervisors-elect Ralph Buona (R-Ashburn) and Geary Higgins (R-Catoctin), who held an informal question and answer session and site walk-through Dec. 10.

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School Board adopts new Leesburg boundaries

Tue., Dec. 13 | 11:44 PM - After seven public hearings and attendance zone work sessions already completed, the Loudoun County School Board finalized the Bergel Plan 2 Amended – 12/12/11 as the Leesburg attendance boundaries Dec. 13 with a 5-3-1 vote with John Stevens (Potomac), Brenda Sheridan (Sterling), and Bob Ohneiser (Broad Run) opposed and Joseph Guzman (Sugarland Run) absent during their regularly scheduled second Tuesday School Board meeting.

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Eagle honor

Tue., Dec. 13 | 07:14 PM - Matthew Newberry, 13, lays a wreath Dec. 10 on a grave in Union Cemetery in Leesburg as part of the Wreaths Across America ceremony.

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UPDATE: Leesburg gets final opportunity to voice attendance concerns

Mon., Dec. 12 | 03:46 PM - Leesburg community residents and the Loudoun County School Board came together Dec. 7 at the Loudoun County Government Center for the final public hearing before settling the Leesburg school attendance boundaries.

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Adela and Victor Taboada, owners and operators of the new Primrose School in Ashburn, stand in front of their building. Photo Courtesy/Primrose Schools

Early childhood development gets boost with addition of Primrose Schools

Sat., Dec. 10 | 08:00 AM - With more than 230 schools scattered throughout the nation, Primrose Schools, an early childhood development center, is planning to open 10 more facilities in the greater Washington, D.C. metro area.

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