Classes could start later on 16 days for students in Loudoun Co. [Video]

LCPS says if approved, there would be a 2-hour delay for students on 16 different days throughout the next school year.

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. — The Loudoun County school system is considering a delayed start for students, to give teachers time to complete professional development trainings.

Currently, there are three days devoted to countywide professional learning.

“We are concerned that we don’t have sufficient time to, as we’ve been told by our teachers, to complete existing training requirements. Much less add the number of new training requirements that come along with the new resources for the Virginia Literacy Act, the required training modules for all educators and learning the new standards and preparing for those,” said LCPS Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence.

“We are quite concerned about the amount of training being put on our teachers’ plates,” said Dr. Spence.

So in order to give teachers the time he says they need to …