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VOL. 8, NO. 16
10 | n PUBLIC SAFETY
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18 | n PUBLIC NOTICES
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MARCH 9, 2023
AG Seeks Subpoena for LCPS Sexual Assaults Report BY ALEXIS GUSTIN
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The Attorney General has asked the Loudoun County Circuit Court to subpoena an independent report into how Loudon County Public Schools handled repeated sexual assaults in high schools in 2021, which the School Board has voted to keep secret in its entirety. Special Counsel to the Attorney General Theo Stamos wrote the report is material to criminal charges that are pending against former superintendent Scott Ziegler. She wrote if the division tries to claim the report is protected under attorney-client or work-product privilege, she asks that the division be required to turn over the report to be examined in private by the judge to see if those privileges apply. “LCPS bears the burden to ‘establish that the attorney-client relationship existed, that the communications under consideration are privileged, and that the privilege was not waived,’” her motion reads. The Loudoun County School Board on Feb. 14 voted 6-3 not to REPORT SUBPOENA continues on page 38
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Purcellville East Apartments is one of three subsidized housing complexes available in town. Some residents still struggle to afford rent.
Housing Challenge Grows for Those Most in Need BY HANNA PAMPALONI
hpampaloni@loudounnow.com
As housing and living costs continue to rise, they are hitting people living on disability, social security, and federal tax credits. And people living in western Loudoun often get dramatically less help to keep their homes. In the Town of Purcellville, three apartment complexes offer subsidized housing: Renew, Purcellville East and Maple Avenue. But even with federal tax credits,
many are still struggling to pay rent amid rising inflation and the reduction of food stamps. One Purcellville resident who has lived at Renew Apartments for six years said she receives $1,000 a month from social security. Her entire annual income makes up less than the required amount for the Affordable Dwelling Unit rental program. Instead, she relies on the Housing Choice Vouchers. The resident, who asked to remain anonymous, said she recently received
notice that her rent was set to increase by almost $600 on April 1. She submitted an application for a higher voucher to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and received a response last week. “I went to the mailbox today and I got a letter and I had to hold my breath,” she said the day it came. “I was scared to death.”
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