Loudoun County Public Schools has removed several types of student violations from the internal list of offenses that require staff members to file reports with law enforcement, including using slurs, making sexual remarks, and violating the school’s internet policy. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is concerned about some of those decisions.
Loudoun Now previously reported that the school division referred 3.7% of students to police for a variety of violations in academic year 2024-25, down from 4.6% the year before. Now, new details have been obtained about those offenses that the district requires staff members to report.
There are 90 violations defined by the Virginia Department of Education that are used by every division in the state. Eighteen of those violations, according to state law, must result in a report to law enforcement…