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The former superintendent and spokesman for the school system in
Loudoun County, Virginia, have been indicted by a special grand
jury.

Former superintendent Scott Ziegler has been charged with one
count of misdemeanor false publication, one count of misdemeanor
prohibited conduct and one count of misdemeanor penalizing an
employee for a court appearance, the office of Attorney General
Jason Miyares said in a statement Monday; spokesman Wayde Byard
has been indicted on one count of felony perjury.

The parents of the sexual assault victim at Broad Run High
School expressed their frustration on how much they�ve had to
deal with the traumatic situation.

�One thing we feel is important to note is that over the last 14
months since our daughter was
assaulted, not one member of the school board, LCPS
administration, or even our local high school leadership has
reached out to check on how she is doing, lend any type of
support or even apologize for what we are going through as a
family. That alone speaks volumes to what we have endured
throughout this ordeal,� they said in a statement.

�Parents need to feel that they can send their kids to a safe
learning environment. This County has great residents and we
need our elected and public servants to represent and show that
greatness as well.�

Patrick M. Regan, who represents the victim, issued a statement
on the grand jury report.

�My client is a minor and a victim of sexual assault,� Regan
said. �The victim�s family and
I have vowed to work tirelessly toward getting justice for their
daughter.�

Ziegler was fired last week, after the special grand jury issued
a report about the school system�s handling of two sexual
assaults by the same student in 2021.

The school system said in a statement that Byard was placed on
leave Monday afternoon.

The indictments were ordered unsealed Monday by a judge,
Miyares� office said; the indictments themselves date from
months ago.

The first indictment against Ziegler charges that he �did
knowingly and willfully state, deliver or transmit by any means
whatever to any publisher, or employee of a publisher, of any
newspaper, magazine, or other publication or to any owner, or
employee of an owner, of any radio station, television station,
news service or cable service, any false and untrue statement,
knowing the same to be false or untrue, concerning any person or
corporation, with intent that the same shall be published,
broadcast or otherwise disseminated.�

It says he made the statement June 22, 2021. That�s the day of
the Loudoun County School Board meeting that a raucous
discussion of the sexual assaults made nationwide headlines. The
special grand jury report said a witness testified that Ziegler
told �a bald-faced lie� when he said at the meeting �to my
knowledge we don�t have any record of assaults happening in our
bathrooms� a month after such an assault had just happened.

Ziegler said shortly after the meeting that his remarks applied
specifically to accusations of assaults by people who were in
those bathrooms thanks to the school system�s transgender policy.

The second and third indictments against Ziegler date from Sept.
28 of this year, and charge that Ziegler retaliated against Erin
Brooks �for expressing views on matters of public concern� and
for making a court appearance.

Brooks was one of two special education teachers who sued the
school board in June. Brooks claimed she was retaliated against
when her contract wasn�t renewed after she complained that a
student had repeatedly sexually assaulted her.

According to the suit, LCPS failed to follow and enforce its own
policies in handling Brooks� reports of sexual assault, and the
decision to not renew her contract was retaliation for filing
two Title IX complaints, testifying before the special grand
jury investigating the school system, and for her public comment
at a June 7 school board meeting.
The school system said the student was a nonverbal elementary
school student with significant intellectual disabilities, whose
actions were being mischaracterized; the school system�s
statement said the teachers improperly shared students� records,
an accusation Brooks and the other teacher denied.

Byard is accused of lying under oath Aug. 2.

Miyares� spokeswoman, Victoria LaCivita, told WTOP the special
grand jury has not been discharged yet.

Ziegler and Byard are scheduled to appear in court Tuesday.

The assaults
The grand jury was commissioned by Republican Attorney General
Jason Miyares after he and Gov. Glenn Youngkin took office at
the start of the year. Both criticized the school system during
their election campaigns.

After the first assault occurred in a girls� bathroom stall at
Stone Bridge in May 2021, the student was charged in juvenile
court and barred by court order from returning to Stone Bridge,
according to the grand jury report.

Administrators then transferred him to nearby Broad Run High
School, where the second assault occurred in October 2021. He
was convicted in juvenile court of both assaults.

The report says teachers at both schools warned administrators
of the student�s disturbing conduct weeks before each assault
occurred. Even the student�s grandmother spoke up and warned the
student�s probation officer, referring to her grandchild as a
�sociopath,� according to the report.

WTOP�s Neal Augenstein and Jack Moore, and The Associated Press,
contributed to this report.

<https://wtop.com/loudoun-county/2022/12/2-loudoun-co-school-
officials-indicted/>