Loudoun County Public Schools

So in January, you're gonna be entering your fourth year.

I'm sure each of you have a number of moments, but if you could share a moment where you have been in LCPS schools and with students, and they were either having some kind of learning experience that was just like, "This is amazing.

It's incredible that we get to offer this experience to students," or where you saw them doing something that you were like, "Our students are unbelievable," you know? And so I just wanted each of you to take a moment to, to share something like that.

And Chair Chandler, April, if we could start with you.

Wow.

But it's just, when you have the opportunity to sit with a student and, and allow them to reflect on what their time here has meant, it's just really incredible, because everybody comes to class with their own set of experiences and their own gifts.

And, you know, LCPS has a way of working with these kids and finding- A way to help them grow that's just so meaningful.

And to have that really presented at graduation, it was just incredible.

We did that, and the school district recognized that.

And we never interacted with the state of Virginia or the Loudoun County Public Schools again for the 30-plus years we lived here and homeschooled our kids.

And so, you know, they basically said, yeah, you're right.

We don't have jurisdiction over you.

So whenever a live event happens and you just stop everything and you cover that live event while it's happening on the air, that's always very memorable.

But I'll also say, I'll go back to the Loudoun County School.

When we saw the videos coming and we were hearing from parents who were emailing our show about all the fights they were having in Loudoun County at the school board meetings.

And we made that commitment and said, you know what, we're going to use WMAL to cover school board meetings in this area.