Officials in Loudoun County, Virginia, are calling for further investigations after former public schools supervisor Scott Ziegler was indicted in the aftermath of a damning grand jury investigation into the district’s handling of sexual assault cases.
Monday on three misdemeanor charges, along with schools communications director Wayde Byard who faces one felony charge. Both are indicted in connection to the Loudoun County Public Schools’ handling of sexual assault, which many believe — including Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin — shows evidence of a cover-up.
“The only feelings that I’ve changed is I don’t know the process of firing someone with cause versus without cause, but I wish they could have done that, and I wish the money he’s about to receive because he was fired without cause, so it’s going to be well over $300,000, could go to these young ladies and their families,” Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Chair Phyllis Randall said.
The county board of supervisors does not have jurisdiction over the public school district, which operates as a separate constitutional entity in Virginia. Randall made clear that if the supervisors had the power — or if the scandal came from their entity — they would “start top-down, bottom-up, inside-out, and review everything. If we do not fix it, it can happen again.”
The school district conducted its own internal investigation as well, but has thus far refused to release the findings. Similarly, over the course of the grand jury investigation, the school districted attempted multiple times to stymie the investigation — something the grand jury report detailed.
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