Alexis Gustin

Sep 30, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Alexis Gustin

ShareA Loudoun County Circuit Court judge Monday denied the School Board’s request to throw out a breach of contract lawsuit seeking payment of former superintendent Scott Ziegler’s legal fees. The case involves a contract between Ziegler and Erin Harrigan of Gentry Locke Rakes and Moore, who represented the former superintendent after he was charged by a special grand jury impaneled in 2022 to investigate the division’s handling of two on-campus sexual assaults committed by the same student.

Sep 30, 2024 | loudounnow.com | Alexis Gustin

A Loudoun County Circuit Court judge Monday denied the School Board’s request to throw out a breach of contract lawsuit seeking payment of former superintendent Scott Ziegler’s legal fees. The case involves a contract between Ziegler and Erin Harrigan of Gentry Locke Rakes and Moore, who represented the former superintendent after he was charged by a special grand jury impaneled in 2022 to investigate the division’s handling of two on-campus sexual assaults committed by the same student.

Sep 27, 2024 | loudounnow.com | Alexis Gustin

School Board members voted 7-2 on Sept. 24 to adopt the updated policy that governs the conduct and expectations of their aides. Deane Griffiths (Ashburn) unsuccessfully tried to send the policy back to committee for more work. She raised concerns that it would limit the speech of aides.

Sep 27, 2024 | loudounnow.com | Alexis Gustin

Academies of Loudoun students returned to the building Sept. 23 after a fire broke out Sept. 17 in the welding classroom, causing an estimated $1 million in damage. School was closed to students and staff last week because of a strong odor that remained, according to emails from Assistant Principal Rob Rimmel. Repairs to the building are underway and the welding classroom remains closed, according to division spokesperson Dan Adams.

Sep 26, 2024 | loudounnow.com | Alexis Gustin

Jacob McCormick, the 19-year-old man who pleaded guilty to attempted malicious wounding in April following a fatal shooting that resulted from a dispute over a pair of designer shoes, was sentenced today to six years in prison. The Sept. 1, 2023 incident resulted in the death of Alex Cartegena.  According to the evidence in the case, Cartegena had loaned Jaylin O’Brien a pair of designer shoes and gun.