Virginia high school board mocks parent’s ‘terrorist’ attack after student’s death

Shortly after the death of a student in a fatal accident involving a school bus, the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) board held a staff safety training where dozens of actors acted out parents letting go of “terrorist activities,” according to the report.

Nick Minock, a reporter from Washington, DC, in the area of ​​ABC7, wrote in X that the controversial Virginia school board hired 30 actors to show Loudoun County parents in the scenario of a mock terrorist attack.

Minock wrote that the actors filled their seats as parents usually do at school board meetings, but then there was a sound of yelling, running and yelling. The other parent in this situation should have had a gun. Employees were ordered to run, hide and fight, according to ABC7.

A spokesperson for LCPS told Fox News Digital that the meeting “was held in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA),” which they said, “authorizes a public entity to enter into a closed session to discuss a variety of topics, including plans related to the security of any government agency, building or structure, or the safety of persons using the facility.”

The spokesperson clarified that “The School Board does not consider parents to be terrorists.”

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Minock said one of the actors should have played a parent named Mr. Smith.

In 2021, a father named Scott Smith was arrested during a school board meeting for disorderly conduct after an investigation into the sexual assault of his then 15-year-old daughter by a transgender male student at Stone Bridge High School. Smith has been pardoned by former Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, a Republican.

In addition, according to ABC7, during the training, Board Chair April Chandler called parents “instigators” and “disruptors” in reference to the 2025 school board meetings where parents expressed anger at LCPS suspending the children of two high school boys over a transgender locker room issue. The boys were suspended for 10 days at one high school, following a Title IX investigation into sexual harassment after a transgender woman was filmed expressing her discomfort with using male locker rooms.

The parent training event for terrorist attacks came hours after another Stone Bridge High School student died in a crash involving an LCPS maintenance worker and a car, according to the outlet.

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A heated Loudoun County Public Schools board meeting where parents expressed outrage over the suspension of two high school boys who objected to being filmed by a transgender student in the boys’ locker room. (Fox 5)

According to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office, Calina Yu, 20, was hit at an intersection near the school on Jan. 13. The office said Yu was hit by an LCPS maintenance vehicle driven by a school employee. Yu was pronounced dead at the scene.

In response to Minock’s report, an LCPS spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the board had announced a closed time to “discuss public safety issues” on Jan. 9.

The spokesperson said, “This meeting was held in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (VFOIA), which authorizes a public entity to enter into a closed session to discuss a variety of topics, including plans related to the security of any government agency, building or structure, or the safety of the people who use the agency.”

A spokesperson said that “in accordance with applicable Virginia law, the School Board’s proposals to enter into closed sessions track the language of the VFOIA for the permissible subject matter to be discussed in those meetings.” They said the proposal to go into closed session included language, “Discussion of public safety protection plans regarding terrorist activity or specific cybersecurity threats or vulnerabilities and briefings by staff, law enforcement, or law enforcement or emergency officials regarding actions taken in response to such issues or threats related to public safety.”

“Given the language of the VFOIA on this permitted subject, we can understand that there may have been some confusion. But as you can see, the reference to terrorist activity probably came directly from the Code of Virginia related to the permitted subject,” said the spokesperson, adding, “It is a common practice for public organizations to regularly review safety and security policies by law enforcement and other safety and security officials, which may fall under this title.”

A spokesperson concluded that “while we can no longer comment on the details of the closed session, we can confirm that media accounts … are misleading and inaccurate.”

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A sign representing LCPS ending a controversial policy that mandates accommodations for transgender students. (Fox 5)

Another local outlet, the Loudoun Times-Mirror, reported that Chandler responded to the accident by saying, “I want to express my condolences to the family and to the entire school community who are grieving at this time,” adding, “We grieve with you.”

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LCPS follows a policy called “The Rights of Transgender and Transgender Students,” or Policy 8040, which went into effect in 2021, which authorizes students who identify as transgender to be addressed by the pronouns of their choice, participate in sports and activities of their gender identity, and access areas of their gender identity.

Trump’s Justice Department filed a lawsuit accusing LCPS of violating the constitutional rights of two suspended students. The DOJ alleges that LCPS’s implementation of Policy 8040 requires students and staff to “accept and promote gender stereotypes” regardless of religious beliefs. The case continues.

Chandler did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.