Posted on 09/04/2022 4:59:06 PM PDT by 11th_VA
(The Center Square) – Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares can continue his investigation into how the Loudoun County School Board handled a sexual assault last year, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled.
Earlier this year, Miyares commissioned a special grand jury to investigate whether school board members and school administrators intentionally lied and withheld information from parents about a sexual assault. Superintendent Scott Ziegler informed the school board about an assault that occurred in a school bathroom. However, less than a month later, he said in a public hearing there were no records of assaults in school bathrooms. No one on the board corrected him.
The Loudoun County School Board filed a lawsuit to halt the investigation, which claimed the attorney general did not have the authority to launch the investigation and that an investigation would cause irreparable harm. The board claimed an investigation would impede its constitutional obligations and could lead to overreach.
“The special grand jury is not hiring and firing teachers, spending money allocated for the schools, deciding where schools should be built, and so on, i.e. nothing the grand jury is doing restricts the School Board’s core constitutional power of supervision over the schools in Loudoun County,” the court ruled. “At this point, there does not appear to be any actual harm, much less irreparable harm. Furthermore, persons subject to improper subpoenas can move to quash those subpoenas. Therefore, there are remedies at law were the grand jury to overreach.”
Miyares said in a statement the court’s ruling is a win for Loudoun County families.
“In July, I defeated the Loudoun County School Board’s attempt to block the investigation in the trial court. Today, the Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed that victory....
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I think there will be a ton of corruption that will be uncovered about this school board.
The only irreparable harm these scumbags are worried about is being frog marched in shackles to prison where they don’t like child abusers. Reap what you sow azzholes.
I hope the VA laws have the power to really go after these liars and conspirators personally, not just boot them off the board.
I cannot find the decision on the courts website. If anyone has it please put the site on this board. Thanks.
Years in prison will send a very strong message. Hoping.
Ping!
That bunch probably makes the Star Wars cantina bar scene look like the case of High School Musical.
Indeed. IMO, they should go to prison.
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