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UpdatedTue, Feb 9, 2021 at 6:15 pm ET Replies(8) Del. Kirk Cox (R), a former Virginia House Speaker who is running for governor, speaks to parents in Leesburg Monday evening about the need to reopen classrooms immediately. (Mark Hand/Patch) LEESBURG, VA A crowd gathered outside the Loudoun County Government Center Monday evening to call on officials to return the county s school system to in-person instruction five days a week and force teachers back into the classroom. The rally included parents and Republican political candidates from across the state who accused school officials in Loudoun County of preventing students from getting a proper education by delaying a return to full-time in-person instruction. The rally came a week before Loudoun County Public Schools are scheduled to reopen classrooms to students. ....
In November, Virginia State Delegate Michael Webert, Dist. 18 Republican, filed a crucial piece of legislation that would give parents in Virginia control over the money put towards their child’s education. Mr. Webert’s bill, H.B. 1742, gives families emergency financial relief during the pandemic if school districts do not offer students access to in-person instruction. Despite calls to support the bill from Virginia voters, however, it appears families in Virginia will fall victim to a revolting display of party politics. The bill that would put emergency education vouchers in the hands of families has been stopped dead in its tracks by the Democrat-controlled state legislature. ....