Loudoun County Public Schools has tried to stop a grand jury probe into the handling of 2 sexual assault cases in two different high schools by the same assailant.
From patch.com:
The investigation is spearheaded by Attorney General Jason Miyares. Gov. Glenn Youngkin ordered Miyares to open an investigation into the Loudoun County school system on his first day in office in January.
The Loudoun County School Board appealed to state courts to stop the investigation earlier this year. In July, a circuit court judge denied the school board’s request for an injunction. The Virginia Supreme Court upheld that decision.
In May of 2021 a male student at Stonebridge high school, dressed as a girl, sexually assaulted a girl in a girl’s bathroom. In October of 2021 The school system then transferred the boy to Broad Run high school where he assaulted another girl. He has since been convicted of both assaults.
In its decision, the Virginia Supreme Court said the Loudoun County School Board failed to prove that the grand jury investigation infringed on the school board’s rights.
“The School Board has offered no convincing argument for why the grand jury investigation infringes this provision,” the court wrote in its opinion. “The constitutional power to administer a school district does not bring with it immunity from investigation for violations of the criminal law.”
Governor Youngkin issued a statement on the court’s ruling:
“After the Loudoun County School Board failed to address sexual assault incidents in their district, were not held accountable for their actions and continuously let down students and parents in Virginia, I signed an executive order on my first day in office authorizing an investigation by Attorney General Miyares into the Loudoun County Public Schools,”
Isn’t it wonderful that we finally have a Governor who supports students and parents and not school administrators and teacher’s unions?
