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Loudoun County School Board, School Board Special Permission Appeals Meeting, Monday, March 23, 2026

Date: Monday, March 23, 2026
Place: Loudoun County Public Schools / School Board meeting (see BoardDocs / LCPS-TV)
Length: 4m (video)
Official meeting video (Vimeo / LCPS-TV): https://player.vimeo.com/video/1176756919?rel=0
BoardDocs (School Board): https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/loudoun/Board.nsf/Public

Machine transcript (speech-to-text) produced by Coraggio Consulting. Not an official county record. Names and numbers may be misspelled; check the video at the timestamp before quoting.
Speech-to-text: whisper.cpp, model large-v3-turbo. Produced 2026-10-11. Timestamps are [HH:MM:SS] into the meeting video.

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[00:00:00] - This is Carrie LaBelle. I'm chairman of the Special Permissions Appeals, and I would like to hear a motion to go into closed session, please. - Madam Chair, I have a motion. - Thank you, Mr. Ross, go ahead.

[00:00:16] - I move that the Loudoun County School Board recess this public meeting and enter into a closed meeting pursuant to section 2.2-3712 of the Code of Virginia for the following purpose, discussion, or consideration of matters that would involve the disclosure of information contained a scholastic record concerning a student, namely parent requests for an LCPS student to attend a school outside of their assigned attendance zone, which is authorized by section 2.2-3711.82 of the Code of Virginia.

[00:00:46] I second. Well, thank you, Mr. Pepper. I was just going to ask for that. All those in favor of convening a closed meeting, say aye. Aye. Hearing no opposition, this meeting is now called to order as a closed meeting.

[00:01:05] Thank you. May I have a motion to come out of closed meeting? Yes, Madam Chair. I move that the closed meeting be adjourned, that the Loudoun County School Board reconvene its public meeting, and that the minutes of the public meeting reflect that no formal action was taken in the closed meeting.

[00:01:21] Thank you, Mr. Sensen. All those in favor of coming out? Second, Madam Chair. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Pepper. You were waiting for that one. All of those who would like to approve the motion to come out of closed meeting, say aye.

[00:01:39] Aye. All those opposed, say nay. Hearing no opposition, we are coming out of closed meeting, and the motion passes. Now we need the one to certify, correct? May I have a motion to certify the closed meeting?

[00:02:01] Yes, Madam Chair. I move that the following resolution, certifying the closed meeting, be adopted and reflected in the minutes of this public meeting. resolution number 33-25/26. Whereas the Loudoun County School Board has convened a closed meeting on this date pursuant to an affirmative recorded vote and in accordance with the provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.

[00:02:22] And whereas section 2.2-3712D of the Code of Virginia requires a certification by the school board that such closed meeting was conducted in conformity with Virginia law. Now therefore be it resolved that the Loudoun County School Board hereby certifies that to the best of each member's knowledge, one, only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements by Virginia law were discussed in the closed meeting to which this certification applies, and two, only such public business matters as were identified in the motion convening the closed meeting were heard, discussed, or considered by the Loudoun County School Board.

[00:02:58] Is there a second for that motion? Second. Motion on the floor to certify this meeting. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. All those opposed? Hearing no opposition, the motion passes.

[00:03:17] Do I hear a motion to close this, to end this closed meeting? Is there someone to make that motion? I believe the motion is to adopt the findings of the closed meeting.

[00:03:37] Okay. Is there a motion to adopt the findings of the closed meeting? Yes, Madam Chair. I move that the select committee of the school board's findings and decisions included in the attached table be adopted and reflected in the minutes of this public meeting. Is there a second to that? Second. There's a motion and a second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed?

[00:04:08] Hearing no opposition, that motion is passed. We can adjourn. All I had here was

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