LisaAgain7 (@LisaMcC42451573) October 12, 2021. Ziegler has served as LCPS interim superintendent since January 1 when he was appointed to succeed Dr. Eric Williams. (LCPS), Protesters and activists stand at attention as the national anthem is sung to open a Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) board meeting in Ashburn, Virginia on October 12, 2021. Loudoun County Public School leadership was condemned after the district failed to communicate to the community that a sexual assault occurred in a Stone Bridge High School bathroom in May 2021. News4's Walter Morris reports. The victim was assaulted in a women's restroom at Stone Bridge High School by a male allegedly wearing a skirt. "This case is still pending court proceedings. 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He was indicted with misdemeanor counts of false publication, prohibited conduct and penalizing an employee for a court appearance, according to the Virginia attorney general's office. | I will let the general public speculate, but our work is ongoing," he told News4. On Monday, the teenage victim of the Stone Bridge assault testified that she and her attacker had agreed to meet up in a school bathroom around 12:15 p.m. on the date of the assault. "With the release of the Grand Jury report, the public now knows what we have suspected since the start of this tragic event that what happened to her on October 6, 2021 could have and should have been prevented," the family of the Broad Run High School victim said in part. So this kid is technically not what the school board was fighting about. As The Wire stated, Minutes before Smiths arrest, the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) superintendent lectured the public that concerns about the transgender policy were misplaced because the school system had no record of any assault occurring in any school bathroom., LCPS Superintendent Scott Ziegler said, To my knowledge, we dont have any record of assaults occurring in our restrooms.. They said the board was not transparent in how it handled the case as it revised its guidelines over policies governing transgender students. Loudoun county school board meetings have become tense recently with parents clashing with board members over transgender issues, the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Covid-19 mandates. Smith told the court that Wednesdays hearing was the first time he had ever seen his daughters attacker, telling the boy, You disgust me., But he added, You could change. Oct. 15, 2021, 7:18 AM PDT. Five months later, on October 6, the same student was charged with sexual battery and abduction of a fellow student at nearby Broad Run High School, where LCPS had evidently transferred him. The boy who allegedly attacked Smiths daughter is on house arrest. "She said the assistant principal is going to call you," said Tumay Harding. Zieglerscomments were in response to local parents outraged over how reports of the two sexual assaults were handled inside schools. But he did not target a random student, and he did not choose the girls bathroom because of his gender identity. Charles Creitz is a reporter forFox News Digital. A juvenile court judge found the evidence enough to convict but will hold on sentencing until the convicted teenager, now 15, is tried for another alleged assault at a different high school. However, the May 28, 2021 investigation was different in that the suspect and victim were familiar with each other, the investigation was complex, and a public announcement had the potential to identify a juvenile victim," the sheriffs office said in a statement. Fox News' Tyler O'Neil and Jessica Chasmar contributed to this report. The firm will not only sue the school system in relation to the alleged assault, . Youngkin and Miyares, both Republicans, had criticized the school board during their successful 2021 campaigns. She was one of the people who tried to expose parents who were upset by Critical Race Theory being allegedly pushed in the school system. READ MORE: Ashburn teen forced girl into empty school classroom, inappropriately touched her, investigators say. Multiple red flags during the time period of May 12, 2021 to October 6, 2021 were raised and ignored, including the 12-page disciplinary record for the assailant that was also mentioned in the report.". While gender fluidity was not raised during the hearing, court documents confirm the male suspect was wearing a skirt when the assault took place, reportsYahoo! After Smiths daughter was allegedly assaulted, the school called him to tell him. | The assaults have garnered significant public attention, in part, because the student who was convicted in both attacks is a biological male who wore a skirt in one of the attacks, playing into a national debate over how schools should treat transgender students and whether they should be allowed to use restrooms different to their biological sex. Jeff Johnston is a culture and policy analyst for Focus on the Family and a staff writer for Daily Citizen. She testified they had not explicitly discussed having sex beforehand. All juvenile records are sealed, but Smiths attorney Elizabeth Lancaster told The Daily Wire that the boy was subsequently charged with two counts of forcible sodomy, one count of anal sodomy, and one count of forcible fellatio. FOX 5's Nana-Sentuo Bonsu reports from outside the Loudoun County Public Schools Administrative Offices with the latest. They scared me for yourself. Loudoun County Public Schools on Wednesday issued a statement responding to reports of an alleged sexual assault at Ashburn's Stone Bridge High School on May 28, which had not previously The superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools sent a brief, confidential email to school board members on May 28 the same day a female student at Stone Bridge High School said she was . "Thats really scary that our government will weaponize themselves against parents and using my video across the nation to spread fear. The assault against Smiths daughter was reported on May 28, and the school told Smith they would handle it internally. By Minyvonne Burke. This could have been handled a lot differently," he said. In its report, the grand jury made numerous recommendations for the school system and the school board going forward: "This broad use of the special grand jury investigative process did, however, yield a Report that contains several criticisms of LCPS employees and processes within the Division that are quite serious. Poor girl. 5.1.2023 2:25 PM, Eric Boehm Two weeks before the first assault, a teaching assistant wrote an email to another teacher and administrator noting that the boy sat on girls' laps during study hall and seems to have a problem with listening and keeping his hands to himself., The grand jury said it believes the second sexual assault at Broad Run "could have, and should have, been prevented.". Scott Smith, the father of the first victim. The National School Board Association included Scott Smith in its list used to deem parents domestic terrorists.. Elizabeth Lancaster, the familys attorney, said that a conviction of the teen was expected on October 14. He said, Thank God that I drew enough attention to it, without getting arrested, that we got an escort to the hospital, and they administered a rape kit that night.. A gender fluid male student, dressed in a skirt, allegedly entered a girls restroom at Stone Bridge High School and sexually assaulted a ninth grade girl. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Department confirmed that the boy was charged with two counts of forcible sodomy. The superintendent defended the schools transgender bathroom policy at the meeting. Why me? A student at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, Virginia, has been accused of assaulting a girl inside a bathroom. According to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, detectives were made aware by school officials of an assault at Stone Bridge High School on May 28. Unbelievable ! The Smith family stands stronger than ever in moving forward to ensure that those responsible in the Loudoun County School system are held accountable, so that this may never happen again to anyone elses child, Stanley said. Thats why they wanted terrorism to be available. In its report, the grand jury described the May 28, 2021, sexual assault of a ninth-grade girl at Stone Bridge High School. But even if the school had begun enforcing it before that, there's no reason to think the assailant's actions had anything to do with accommodations for trans people. A Virginia judge ruled on Monday that a male student at Loudoun Countys Stone Bridge High School is guilty of sexually assaulting a female student in a girls bathroom in May. And she looks me dead in the eyes and says thats not what happened.. The victim's father, Scott Smith, told The Daily Wire that in late May, a boy dressed in a skirt entered a girls restroom at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn, Virginia, and sexually assaulted . But it was substantially misreported in order to fit a conservative social agenda. To maintain the integrity of the criminal investigation, law enforcement requested that LCPS not interview students until their investigation is concluded. one speaker asked. This country is in the shitter! On July 8, they charged the teen with two counts of forcible sodomy. The teen suspect was found guilty on all charges,reportsWJLA7News I-Team. or redistributed. There was an incident in the main office area today that required the Loudoun County Sheriffs Office to dispatch deputies to Stone Bridge. Yours scared me, she said of the evaluations, without elaborating on what they found. There was an incident in the main office area today that required the Loudoun County Sheriffs Office to dispatch deputies to Stone Bridge. I love this country. The accused teacher who FOX 5 is not identifying at this time was put on leave on March 29,2022. 5.1.2023 7:00 AM, Mike Riggs We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. Some parents are calling for the Loudoun County Public Schools superintendent's job after a teenage boy charged with sexual assault at one . Smith is now being charged with two misdemeanors. In response to a public records request by The Daily Wire, the Loudoun County Sheriffs Office confirmed that a May 28 report with "Offense: Forcible Sodomy [and] Sexual Battery" at Stone Bridge High School does exist. None of this means that the matter was handled perfectly by school, police, or district officialsor that Smith's fury was unjustified. Prosecutors had said he was being held responsible and was on house arrest, confined to his mothers townhouse. But the second attack on a female student shows that assurance was a lie, and the new charges may change his sentencing date. An Incident In A School Bathroom in Loudoun County. . A 'gender fluid' male student, dressed in a skirt, allegedly entered a girls restroom at Stone Bridge High School and sexually assaulted a ninth grade girl. All rights reserved. Lawyers for the Loudoun County School Board previously argued that Miyares was in violation of Virginias constitution when he created the grand jury to probe another government body. Privacy Policy | "The attorney-client privilege should be invoked when required to protect legitimate issues of confidentiality that impact the operations of LCPS and the LCSB. Thank God that I drew enough attention to it, without getting arrested, that we got an escort to the hospital and they administered a rape kit that night, Smith recounted. People are shocked at the way the school board is conducting itself: There is a fanatical desire to demonize half the country that runs through a big part of the media and political class on both sides and cases like this are what happens when that desire takes overnobody thought to interview this dad until now and understand his story? The other victim, who was also 15, spoke of the trauma she has suffered since the attack last October. PLEASE JOIN OUR NEW COMMENT SYSTEM! Smith was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after he was hauled off. Following the superintendents statement, board member Beth Barts who previously targeted parents who are against Critical Race Theory in schools resigned from her position. Enjoy the REAL news at your fingertips. The assailant, who reportedly wore a skirt, pinned the girl to the floor and assaulted her inside a women's restroom stall. The family's attorney, Patrick M. Regan, released the statement on their behalf on Monday, amid the news that a grand jury indicted former Superintendent Scott Ziegler and the school district's spokesman. Parents of students in Loudoun County said Superintendent Scott Ziegler, along with the entire school board, suppressed a sexual assault allegation made by a female student at Stone Bridge High . That policy wasn't actually implemented until August, it turns out. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is investigating, but no charges have been filed. As school board members and leftists continually claimed at the meeting on June 22 that students were not in danger or threatened by transgender individuals, Smith got increasingly angry. Nobody muzzled me, but I was told if I wanted justice for my daughter and wanted this case to have a finality and a possible conviction, that I had to stay quiet.". I mean, this needs to come out," Smith said. The day after a Loudoun County father told Fox News that the district had tried to conceal the sexual assault of his daughter at Stone Bridge High School, the sheriffs office issued a statement indicating that staff contacted them right away to investigate. But we have to protect everyone at the same time," Smith said. Scott Smith's daughter, 15, was sexually assaulted at Stone Bridge High School in Loudoun County, Virginia, on May 28 The assailant reportedly, was a 15-year-old boy allowed to use girl's bathroom because he identified as transgender She immediately reported assault to school authorities, who took no action, and her dad was arrested at the school 2023 FOX Television Stations, Maryland Senator Ben Cardin says he wont seek reelection in 2024, Silver Spring taxi driver charged with raping girl after she called for cab: police, DC restaurants brace as 'Initiative 82,' eliminating tipped wage system, goes into effect, 13-year-old Gaithersburg boy 'located safe and unharmed,' police say, Montgomery County weighs in on tax hikes amid vacant job concerns, Spotsylvania County Public Schools considers shutting down libraries, laying off staff, Senate staffer victim of stabbing in Northeast, Missing Laurel woman found in Fairfax County, 1 dead, 2 hurt in shooting at Hyattsville strip club, Passenger robbed at gunpoint onboard DC Circulator bus; police offer $10K reward. Earlier this month US Attorney General Merrick Garland directed federal authorities to hold strategy sessions in the next month with law enforcement to address the increasing threats targeting school board members, teachers and other employees in the nations public schools. I want better stuff for it," he said. Before he was sentenced, the boy apologized to the girls and their families, looking at them directly but not saying their names. This didn't have to happen. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The left have gone off the rails and some will never rebound. The incident was confined to the main office and the entrance area to the school. It should not be used as a shield that impedes transparency, accountability and openness, especially when it comes to the operations of a public body.". Id rather save ONE GIRL from a sexual assault than be politically correct. Smith's daughter is in ninth grade and attends Stone Bridge High School. Tuccille Lancaster contends that this same 15-year-old boy was also charged with sexual battery and abduction after he forced a girl into an empty classroom, then held her against her will, and touched her inappropriately. Scott Smith intended to speak out about what happened to his daughter as the board debated transgender policies, before the board declared the meeting an unlawful assembly and he was forcibly removed. A 15-year-old Loudoun County student who allegedly groped another student last week was on electronic monitoring after being charged with another sexual assault in a high school bathroom in May. OldChunkOfCoal (@BSchweik11) October 11, 2021, Chuck DeVore (@ChuckDeVore) October 11, 2021, Parents if your child is in school in Loudoun county all I gotta say is WHY??????? The images went viral. And she said 'Don't worry I'm ok. LCPS has complied and continues to comply with its obligations under Title IX. On July 8, they charged the teen with two counts of . 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I dont believe youre a monster I thought youd look like a monster, but you dont.. EducationPoliticsTechCRTLoudoun Countysexual assaultVirginia. Recently tensions between groups of parents and the school board increased after parents say an allegedly transgender individual assaulted a girl at one of the schools. The Daily Wireled the charge, seizing on an opportunity to embarrass both the mainstream media and the federal government for portraying hostile parents as akin to "domestic terrorists.". The father of a female Virginia student allegedly sexually assaulted by a biological male wearing a skirt spoke out to "The Ingraham Angle" on Tuesday after months of self-described "silence" since he was pulled out of a June 22 school board meeting by police and later derided as a bigot on social media. When the boy arrived, the teen testified, he came into the handicapped stall she was in and locked the door. Youngkin said Monday that he was satisfied with the grand jury's report. The incident was confined to the main office and the entrance area to the school. Loudoun County Sheriffs Office was contacted within minutes of receiving the initial report on May 28. This in response to a request from the National School Boards Association asking US President Joe Biden for federal assistance to investigate and stop threats made over policies including mask mandates, likening the vitriol to a form of domestic terrorism. We are placing this on our next Board agenda for immediate discussion to reflect on these recommendations and take action as determined by the full Board," read part of the school board's response to the report. Counseling services and the services of our Unified Mental Health Team are available for any student who may need to talk about todays incident. REMOVE THEM IMMEDIATELY, Right Side (@manakinmom) October 11, 2021, MrMitchM3 (@dfmitchel) October 12, 2021. 40-pound chonky cat update: Whats Patches been up to? Parents have been actively protesting these events and have moved to recall six of the nine school board members. Were not into this children transgender stuff.
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