How These Loudoun Parents Reacted To Proof Of School Board Lies – The Federalist

HAMILTON, Va. We attended a gathering of roughly 20 parents and other concerned residents of Loudoun County to tape footage for a documentary when the news broke last Thursday night that Superintendent Scott Ziegler had emailed the Loudoun County School Board on May 28 to notify them of the sexual assault that occurred at Stone Bridge High School earlier that same day. From indignation to validation to hope, heres how they reacted.

Its unbelievably shocking, but I think we all kind of assumed that that was the case, as heartbreaking as it is, I think we all kind of knew that he knew and were just waiting for someone to find proof, Gina Anders told us, as she and three other women gathered around an iPhone to read the breaking news. That the superintendent of LCPS actually knew about the alleged rape that occurred in the schools from the very beginning and failed not only lied to us at the school board meeting but also transferred the alleged perpetrator to another school where he victimized a second girl.

The most important part of all of this is they staged a question to the superintendent and had him answer it, and it was a lie, added Pegah Fowler. They staged an actual situation where they asked him this question and gave him a platform and an opportunity to actually lie about what he knew. Scott Ziegler flat-out lied.

At this point in time, its crystal clear that Loudoun County Public Schools are corrupt, Fowler added.

We need to get them all out, the entire school board, the superintendent, I mean, and this is an issue of accountability, noted Anders. I mean, they dont want to be, obviously, accountable to the parents. But these are our kids. Parents need to run the schools, not bureaucrats. I couldnt have imagined it even just a few years ago.

Several of the women emphasized that LCPS has promoted a facade of being an excellent school system. We moved here a few years ago to the best school district, and I feel totally lied to, jumped in Markie Sheets, holding her baby on her hip.

Its a facade: Lets repeat this lie over and over and over again. Lets pretend that we are providing the best education in the states, because Loudoun was the No. 1 growing county I mean talk about a facade, Fowler added. They flat-out lied, and they repeated it over and over and over again to a point where it caught on. And lets just pretend so we can line our own pockets, and then at the end of it all, lets sacrifice children, lets strip them of their innocence, lets take their souls, lets victimize them.

And lets pass [Policy 8040] so that more students can be victimized in bathrooms like the one they just covered up, chimed in Anders. They actually passed it, knowing that this incident occurred. Thats whats so just unbelievable.

Fowler added that out of roughly 81,000 students in Loudoun County, there are 29 of them, and thats probably a high number, that would have a need for transgender bathrooms. So were going to sacrifice our children for 29 people when we could accommodate those 29 appropriately by giving them a bathroom? Youve got family bathrooms in grocery stores, youve got family bathrooms in malls. Why cant we provide that for those individual kids and leave the rest of the children alone?

Fowler noted emphatically that she is absolutely not anti-trans. I think that as a child of Christ we need to love them, we need to embrace them, we need to have them part of our community, we need to extend that love.

Despite their disappointment and indignation at the actions of Ziegler and the Loudoun County School Board, the women felt validation for their efforts and hope for the future.

I think weve made incredible progress, Anders said.

All the time away from our families, all the nights, I mean, its incredible because its allowed us to bond, but I think its so worth it though, Fowler added. You know whats amazing about this, our Founding Fathers and the government that they created tonight, it validates what were capable of.

When we get engaged, Anders agreed.

Once we know we have the power to do so, thats why COVID was the best thing that happened to us because it allowed us to educate ourselves and come to the realization that we have complete control, Fowler concluded. A Third World country doesnt have this kind of control. And you know what, our civil rights, our liberty, our freedom, its just like a muscle. You dont use it, you lose it, and thats where we are right now.

Elle Reynolds is an assistant editor at The Federalist, and received her B.A. in government from Patrick Henry College with a minor in journalism. You can follow her work on Twitter at @_etreynolds.

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