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Loudoun County · School Board

School Board 4th Tuesday Meeting, Tuesday, May 26, 2026

School Board meeting · video 6h 59m

What was decided · How each member voted

  • 2 Consent agenda adopted (2.01–2.10 as recorded): minutes of April 28, May 11 special, and May 12 meetings; personnel actions; IFB athletic equipment and toner/ink; Caribbean American Heritage Month, Gun Violence Awareness Day, LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and Juneteenth proclamations. · 3-0-4 (Approved: Chandler, Pepper, Rashid; Abstained: Griffiths, LaBell, Riccardi, Shernoff; Not present at vote: Donohue, Svenson) May 26, 2026 BoardDocs minutes
  • 11.01 Adopted the proposed meeting calendar for the FY 2028–FY 2033 Capital Budget and an Eastern Loudoun Planning District elementary school attendance zone change process; directed notification of the listed elementary school communities (notification does not indicate a zone will change). · 9-0 (Approved: LaBell, Chandler, Donohue, Griffiths, Rashid, Shernoff, Riccardi, Pepper, Svenson) May 26, 2026 BoardDocs minutes
  • 15.04 Following the School Board's October 28, 2025 vote under Policy 7014, upheld the superintendent's September 30, 2025 decision pertaining to this employee matter. · 7-0-1 (Approved: LaBell, Chandler, Griffiths, Rashid, Riccardi, Pepper, Svenson; Abstained: Shernoff; Not present at vote: Donohue) May 26, 2026 BoardDocs minutes
  • 15.04 Directed staff to take the actions as discussed in closed regarding the specific public officer and matter pertaining to litigation, and reaffirmed the confidentiality and claim of privilege of the matters discussed in closed. · 8-0-0 (Approved: LaBell, Chandler, Griffiths, Rashid, Shernoff, Riccardi, Pepper, Svenson; Not present at vote: Donohue) May 26, 2026 BoardDocs minutes

School Board: Donohue, Chandler, Griffiths, Svenson, LaBell, Pepper, Shernoff, Rashid, Riccardi. Member-by-member votes will be listed here from the official record.

Moments worth watching

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On the agenda

Items as listed by the county, with staff reports. Not results.

On consent (passed as recorded)

  • 2.01–2.04Prior minutes and personnel actions
  • 2.05–2.06Athletic equipment IFB; toner/ink IFB
  • 2.07–2.10Heritage Month / Awareness Day / Pride Month / Juneteenth proclamations

Action items

  • 11.01Capital budget / Eastern Loudoun elementary attendance zone process calendar
  • 15.04Closed-meeting follow-on (employee matter; litigation privilege)

Gap / note: consent passed 3-0-4 with Donohue and Svenson not present at that vote (both had been approved for remote participation earlier). Work-session items 3.01–3.03 (Title I / after-school / summer programs) were not recorded as Action Item votes. Adjournment recorded at 11:25 p.m. Source: May 26, 2026 BoardDocs minutes