Education

Loudoun County’s education budget should be focused first on students and the frontline employees who teach, transport, support, feed, protect, and care for them.

Support classrooms. Respect educators. Invest in every child.

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Introduction

Strong public schools are essential to Loudoun County’s future. They help children succeed, support working families, strengthen neighborhoods, and prepare the next generation.

Jon supports fully funding legitimate educational needs while also asking whether resources are reaching classrooms and frontline services.

Teachers, aides, bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria employees, counselors, nurses, special-education staff, and other school employees deserve the tools, staffing, pay, and support required to do their jobs well.

What Jon Supports

Put Classrooms First

  • Competitive teacher pay

  • Adequate classroom staffing

  • Special-education resources

  • Counselors and mental health professionals

Budget decisions should begin with the needs of students and the employees who work with them directly.

  • Instructional aides

  • School nurses

  • Bus drivers

  • Custodial and food-service staff

Classroom Supplies Without Family Burdens

  • Sufficient classroom supply budgets

  • Direct purchasing by teachers or schools

  • Basic supplies available to every student

  • Reduced out-of-pocket teacher spending

  • Fewer mandatory family supply lists

  • Equitable access regardless of household income

Teachers should not have to spend their own money to make classrooms function, and parents should not receive long lists of supplies that create financial and logistical burdens.

Children should not begin the school year at a disadvantage because their families cannot afford markers, paper, glue, or other necessities.

Fair Pay and Benefits

  • Competitive salaries

  • Fair pay for support staff

  • Improved retention

  • Reviewing pay compression

  • Strong benefits

  • Exploring alignment between LCPS and county health plans

  • Collective bargaining and worker voice

School employees at all levels deserve compensation that reflects Loudoun’s cost of living.

Teachers and school staff deserve health coverage comparable to other county employees.

Evaluate Central Office Administration

  • Growth in administrative positions

  • Duplication of functions

  • Consultant spending

  • Layers of management

  • Decision-making speed

  • Support provided to schools

  • Whether resources can be redirected to classrooms

  • Employee and principal feedback

Jon supports a full, independent evaluation of central-office administration.

This should not be a political attack on individual employees. It should be a serious evaluation of whether the structure is efficient and focused on student outcomes.

Special Education and Inclusive Services

  • Adequate special-education staffing

  • Trained aides

  • Timely evaluations

  • Appropriate classroom supports

  • Accessible facilities

Students with disabilities and their families deserve reliable services and appropriate support.

  • Transition services

  • Better coordination with county recreation and childcare programs

  • Year-round adaptive opportunities

Expand Summer and After-School Options

  • Public Pre-K classrooms

  • Family vouchers

  • Provider grants

  • Classroom materials

LCPS and PRCS should coordinate schedules and facilities to serve working families.

  • Transportation

  • Before- and after-care

  • Programs for children with disabilities

Working parents cannot simply take off the weeks when programs are unavailable.

Maintain Older Schools Equitably

Every school deserves safe, clean, well-maintained facilities, regardless of age of the building or the neighborhood that it serves.

  • Objective facility-condition assessments

  • Timely repairs

  • Accessible sidewalks and entrances

  • Updated HVAC and building systems

  • Safe playgrounds and outdoor areas

  • Equitable capital planning

  • Transparent reporting of maintenance backlogs

Stronger County–LCPS Cooperation

  • Shared planning

  • Joint use of facilities

  • Coordinated construction and renovation

  • Open communication

  • Community access where practical

  • Respect for school safety and educational operations

The Douglass Community Center campus demonstrates how daily cooperation between LCPS and PRCS can maximize public facilities.

Education funding should reach the people and places where learning happens.

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Jon will support students, teachers, school employees, and families while asking hard questions about administration, efficiency, and whether every dollar is improving education.