Dr. Sumera Rashid - Little River District, LoCo VA School Board
@rashidlrlcsb.bsky.social
LoCo School Board Member - Little River District. Views are those of individual SB Member, not necessarily of whole Board or LCPS. Follows & reposts =/= endorsement. Account is not monitored 24/7.
Loudoun County Public Schools will close at 5:30pm on Sat., 1/24 and will remain closed through Sun., 1/25. For more info: www.lcps.org
Check with your school or organization about weekend activities, and keep an eye out for more details as the winter weather gets underway!
Stay warm and safe! ❄️
Check with your school or organization about weekend activities, and keep an eye out for more details as the winter weather gets underway!
Stay warm and safe! ❄️
Client Challenge
www.lcps.org
January 23, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Loudoun County Public Schools will close at 5:30pm on Sat., 1/24 and will remain closed through Sun., 1/25. For more info: www.lcps.org
Check with your school or organization about weekend activities, and keep an eye out for more details as the winter weather gets underway!
Stay warm and safe! ❄️
Check with your school or organization about weekend activities, and keep an eye out for more details as the winter weather gets underway!
Stay warm and safe! ❄️
Check out this flyer for important dates for the 2026 Step Up Loudoun Youth Competition 🧠💪🏼
January 23, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Check out this flyer for important dates for the 2026 Step Up Loudoun Youth Competition 🧠💪🏼
📧 LCPS families: check your email for information about the upcoming Special Permission window.
📸: screenshot from "Special Permission Application Period for LCPS Families Opens on Feb. 2" email sent on 1/22/26
📸: screenshot from "Special Permission Application Period for LCPS Families Opens on Feb. 2" email sent on 1/22/26
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 PM
📧 LCPS families: check your email for information about the upcoming Special Permission window.
📸: screenshot from "Special Permission Application Period for LCPS Families Opens on Feb. 2" email sent on 1/22/26
📸: screenshot from "Special Permission Application Period for LCPS Families Opens on Feb. 2" email sent on 1/22/26
Yesterday's FY27 Budget Work Session focused on how the Superintendent's Estimate of Needs (SEON) proposes to invest in LCPS Exemplary Staff and Empowered Students. You can explore the full agenda in BoardDocs: go.boarddocs.com/vsba/loudoun...
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BoardDocs® Meeting: FY27 Operating Budget School Board Work Session and Public Hearing 4:30 p.m. Thu, Jan 22, 2026
go.boarddocs.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Yesterday's FY27 Budget Work Session focused on how the Superintendent's Estimate of Needs (SEON) proposes to invest in LCPS Exemplary Staff and Empowered Students. You can explore the full agenda in BoardDocs: go.boarddocs.com/vsba/loudoun...
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Of course so many of us are keeping a close eye on the near-future forecast! ❄️
Find out about LCPS weather closures and delays, including where you can get alerts, at www.lcps.org/o/communicat...
Find out about LCPS weather closures and delays, including where you can get alerts, at www.lcps.org/o/communicat...
January 22, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Of course so many of us are keeping a close eye on the near-future forecast! ❄️
Find out about LCPS weather closures and delays, including where you can get alerts, at www.lcps.org/o/communicat...
Find out about LCPS weather closures and delays, including where you can get alerts, at www.lcps.org/o/communicat...
Last night, I was given the opportunity to address Delegates and attendees at the January Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee (MSAAC). It is truly an honor to be part of a group of people committed to building a community rooted in inclusion, respect, and belonging.
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January 22, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Last night, I was given the opportunity to address Delegates and attendees at the January Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee (MSAAC). It is truly an honor to be part of a group of people committed to building a community rooted in inclusion, respect, and belonging.
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📅 Student holiday:
LCPS students do NOT have school on Friday, Jan 23.
The second grading period is wrapping up. Look for report cards soon!
www.lcps.org/o/hr/page/sc...
LCPS students do NOT have school on Friday, Jan 23.
The second grading period is wrapping up. Look for report cards soon!
www.lcps.org/o/hr/page/sc...
January 22, 2026 at 1:50 PM
📅 Student holiday:
LCPS students do NOT have school on Friday, Jan 23.
The second grading period is wrapping up. Look for report cards soon!
www.lcps.org/o/hr/page/sc...
LCPS students do NOT have school on Friday, Jan 23.
The second grading period is wrapping up. Look for report cards soon!
www.lcps.org/o/hr/page/sc...
🗣 You can provide public comment TODAY during the FY27 Operating Budget School Board Work Session and Public Hearing.
🔗 Learn how to participate: www.lcps.org/o/lcps/page/...
📅 Thu., 1/22
🕰 4:30pm
📍 LCPS Admin Building, Ashburn
🔗 Learn how to participate: www.lcps.org/o/lcps/page/...
📅 Thu., 1/22
🕰 4:30pm
📍 LCPS Admin Building, Ashburn
January 22, 2026 at 1:40 PM
🗣 You can provide public comment TODAY during the FY27 Operating Budget School Board Work Session and Public Hearing.
🔗 Learn how to participate: www.lcps.org/o/lcps/page/...
📅 Thu., 1/22
🕰 4:30pm
📍 LCPS Admin Building, Ashburn
🔗 Learn how to participate: www.lcps.org/o/lcps/page/...
📅 Thu., 1/22
🕰 4:30pm
📍 LCPS Admin Building, Ashburn
The Loudoun Education Foundation (LEF) offers scholarships for LCPS staff members and graduating high school seniors. Application deadlines are coming up in March!
Learn more: www.loudouneducationfoundation.org
Learn more: www.loudouneducationfoundation.org
https://www.loudouneducationfoundation.org/"
January 21, 2026 at 8:25 PM
The Loudoun Education Foundation (LEF) offers scholarships for LCPS staff members and graduating high school seniors. Application deadlines are coming up in March!
Learn more: www.loudouneducationfoundation.org
Learn more: www.loudouneducationfoundation.org
As the FY27 Budget Process is underway, staff is presenting information to the School Board in a series of meetings and work sessions.
Yesterday, we discussed staffing standards for school based, school facing, and non-school based positions.
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Yesterday, we discussed staffing standards for school based, school facing, and non-school based positions.
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January 21, 2026 at 2:06 PM
As the FY27 Budget Process is underway, staff is presenting information to the School Board in a series of meetings and work sessions.
Yesterday, we discussed staffing standards for school based, school facing, and non-school based positions.
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Yesterday, we discussed staffing standards for school based, school facing, and non-school based positions.
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#icymi - Last week, my monthly newsletter went out to Little River District families of LCPS students. If you missed it in your inbox, you can check it out on the web here: app.smore.com/n/fvgxb-litt...
Keep an eye out for email updates each month! 📧
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Keep an eye out for email updates each month! 📧
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Little River District Newsletter
Little River District Newsletter
app.smore.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:28 PM
#icymi - Last week, my monthly newsletter went out to Little River District families of LCPS students. If you missed it in your inbox, you can check it out on the web here: app.smore.com/n/fvgxb-litt...
Keep an eye out for email updates each month! 📧
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Keep an eye out for email updates each month! 📧
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📝Tomorrow is the end of the 2nd grading period of the school year!
Keep an eye on ParentVUE & for communications from your child's school about when you can expect to see this quarter's report cards 👀
If you have feedback about assignments & grading, please reach out: www.lcps.org/o/lcps/page/...
Keep an eye on ParentVUE & for communications from your child's school about when you can expect to see this quarter's report cards 👀
If you have feedback about assignments & grading, please reach out: www.lcps.org/o/lcps/page/...
January 21, 2026 at 12:55 PM
📝Tomorrow is the end of the 2nd grading period of the school year!
Keep an eye on ParentVUE & for communications from your child's school about when you can expect to see this quarter's report cards 👀
If you have feedback about assignments & grading, please reach out: www.lcps.org/o/lcps/page/...
Keep an eye on ParentVUE & for communications from your child's school about when you can expect to see this quarter's report cards 👀
If you have feedback about assignments & grading, please reach out: www.lcps.org/o/lcps/page/...
📧 LCPS families: check your email for information about applying for Virtual Distance Learning.
The email includes helpful links, details about who can apply, and more.
📸: screenshot from "The Distance Learning Application Window is Opens January 20" email sent on 1/15/26
The email includes helpful links, details about who can apply, and more.
📸: screenshot from "The Distance Learning Application Window is Opens January 20" email sent on 1/15/26
January 20, 2026 at 2:11 PM
📧 LCPS families: check your email for information about applying for Virtual Distance Learning.
The email includes helpful links, details about who can apply, and more.
📸: screenshot from "The Distance Learning Application Window is Opens January 20" email sent on 1/15/26
The email includes helpful links, details about who can apply, and more.
📸: screenshot from "The Distance Learning Application Window is Opens January 20" email sent on 1/15/26
The Loudoun County School Board hereby proclaims January 19-January 23, 2026, No Name-Calling Week across the division to endorse and ensure that every member of the LCPS school community feels supported, respected and empowered.
📸: LCPS Official Proclamations. January 2026
📸: LCPS Official Proclamations. January 2026
January 20, 2026 at 1:33 PM
The Loudoun County School Board hereby proclaims January 19-January 23, 2026, No Name-Calling Week across the division to endorse and ensure that every member of the LCPS school community feels supported, respected and empowered.
📸: LCPS Official Proclamations. January 2026
📸: LCPS Official Proclamations. January 2026
The School Board will meet today for a Budget Work Session, to include a Closed Session.
📅 Tue., January 20
🕰 5:30pm
📍 LCPS Admin Building, Ashburn
📅 Tue., January 20
🕰 5:30pm
📍 LCPS Admin Building, Ashburn
January 20, 2026 at 1:12 PM
The School Board will meet today for a Budget Work Session, to include a Closed Session.
📅 Tue., January 20
🕰 5:30pm
📍 LCPS Admin Building, Ashburn
📅 Tue., January 20
🕰 5:30pm
📍 LCPS Admin Building, Ashburn
I hope that you are enjoying a peaceful and meaningful MLK Day!
To carry on the spirit of community, inclusion, and service throughout the year, you can start by supporting the LCPS Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee. Come learn more about MSAAC at this Wednesday's meeting!
To carry on the spirit of community, inclusion, and service throughout the year, you can start by supporting the LCPS Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee. Come learn more about MSAAC at this Wednesday's meeting!
January 19, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I hope that you are enjoying a peaceful and meaningful MLK Day!
To carry on the spirit of community, inclusion, and service throughout the year, you can start by supporting the LCPS Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee. Come learn more about MSAAC at this Wednesday's meeting!
To carry on the spirit of community, inclusion, and service throughout the year, you can start by supporting the LCPS Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee. Come learn more about MSAAC at this Wednesday's meeting!
I share the concerns for student safety that many have expressed this week, and my heart goes out to the family of the student and the whole Ashburn community.
Message from Dr. Spence regarding this tragic event: www.lcps.org/article/2639...
Message from Dr. Spence regarding this tragic event: www.lcps.org/article/2639...
Client Challenge
https://www.lcps.org/article/2639611"
January 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I share the concerns for student safety that many have expressed this week, and my heart goes out to the family of the student and the whole Ashburn community.
Message from Dr. Spence regarding this tragic event: www.lcps.org/article/2639...
Message from Dr. Spence regarding this tragic event: www.lcps.org/article/2639...
Yesterday, the School Board once again discussed the Ashburn and Dulles North Elementary School Attendance Zones, but voted for no change.
May we learn from this process and do better in the future.
You can contact the full School Board at www.lcps.org/o/lcps/page/...
May we learn from this process and do better in the future.
You can contact the full School Board at www.lcps.org/o/lcps/page/...
January 16, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Yesterday, the School Board once again discussed the Ashburn and Dulles North Elementary School Attendance Zones, but voted for no change.
May we learn from this process and do better in the future.
You can contact the full School Board at www.lcps.org/o/lcps/page/...
May we learn from this process and do better in the future.
You can contact the full School Board at www.lcps.org/o/lcps/page/...
🏅 You can nominate outstanding Instructional and Operational employees for the LCPS Annual Awards!
Details on eligibility and the nomination form are available at lcps.org/annualawards. Nominations must be submitted by 5pm on Friday, February 13!
Details on eligibility and the nomination form are available at lcps.org/annualawards. Nominations must be submitted by 5pm on Friday, February 13!
Client Challenge
lcps.org
January 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
🏅 You can nominate outstanding Instructional and Operational employees for the LCPS Annual Awards!
Details on eligibility and the nomination form are available at lcps.org/annualawards. Nominations must be submitted by 5pm on Friday, February 13!
Details on eligibility and the nomination form are available at lcps.org/annualawards. Nominations must be submitted by 5pm on Friday, February 13!
Join an upcoming webinar to learn about CAMPUS, a high school college access program designed to meet the specific needs of first-generation college-bound students:
📅 Mon., 1/26
🕰️ 6-7pm
🔗 More info at lcps.org/campus
📅 Mon., 1/26
🕰️ 6-7pm
🔗 More info at lcps.org/campus
January 16, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Join an upcoming webinar to learn about CAMPUS, a high school college access program designed to meet the specific needs of first-generation college-bound students:
📅 Mon., 1/26
🕰️ 6-7pm
🔗 More info at lcps.org/campus
📅 Mon., 1/26
🕰️ 6-7pm
🔗 More info at lcps.org/campus
Before Winter Break, Brambleton Middle School students planted several native chokeberry shrubs on campus. With the support of LCPS Facilities Operations and the Office of Sustainability, the project strengthened the students’ understanding of environmental stewardship 🌱
📸: LCPS
📸: LCPS
January 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Before Winter Break, Brambleton Middle School students planted several native chokeberry shrubs on campus. With the support of LCPS Facilities Operations and the Office of Sustainability, the project strengthened the students’ understanding of environmental stewardship 🌱
📸: LCPS
📸: LCPS
📅 Student holiday:
LCPS students do NOT have school on Monday, Jan 19.
Wishing you a meaningful Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
www.lcps.org/o/hr/page/sc...
LCPS students do NOT have school on Monday, Jan 19.
Wishing you a meaningful Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
www.lcps.org/o/hr/page/sc...
January 16, 2026 at 1:17 PM
📅 Student holiday:
LCPS students do NOT have school on Monday, Jan 19.
Wishing you a meaningful Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
www.lcps.org/o/hr/page/sc...
LCPS students do NOT have school on Monday, Jan 19.
Wishing you a meaningful Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
www.lcps.org/o/hr/page/sc...
Learn how to review your student's course plan in an upcoming webinar:
📅 Tue., 1/20
🕰️ 6-7pm
🔗 More info at lcps.org/courseplanner
📅 Tue., 1/20
🕰️ 6-7pm
🔗 More info at lcps.org/courseplanner
January 15, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Learn how to review your student's course plan in an upcoming webinar:
📅 Tue., 1/20
🕰️ 6-7pm
🔗 More info at lcps.org/courseplanner
📅 Tue., 1/20
🕰️ 6-7pm
🔗 More info at lcps.org/courseplanner
📧 LCPS families: check your email for information about upcoming student surveys.
The message includes links to preview the survey and to opt your child out.
📸: screenshot from "Notification of Upcoming LCPS Annual Student Surveys and Opt-Out Information" email sent on 1/14/26
The message includes links to preview the survey and to opt your child out.
📸: screenshot from "Notification of Upcoming LCPS Annual Student Surveys and Opt-Out Information" email sent on 1/14/26
January 15, 2026 at 2:15 PM
📧 LCPS families: check your email for information about upcoming student surveys.
The message includes links to preview the survey and to opt your child out.
📸: screenshot from "Notification of Upcoming LCPS Annual Student Surveys and Opt-Out Information" email sent on 1/14/26
The message includes links to preview the survey and to opt your child out.
📸: screenshot from "Notification of Upcoming LCPS Annual Student Surveys and Opt-Out Information" email sent on 1/14/26
Learn about the LCPS School Nutrition Worker Apprentice Program and interview with hiring managers at an upcoming job fair:
📅 Tue., 1/27
🕰️ 5:30-6:30pm
📍 Legacy Elementary School, Ashburn
🔗 Apply at lcps.org/sns or QR code
📅 Tue., 1/27
🕰️ 5:30-6:30pm
📍 Legacy Elementary School, Ashburn
🔗 Apply at lcps.org/sns or QR code
January 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Learn about the LCPS School Nutrition Worker Apprentice Program and interview with hiring managers at an upcoming job fair:
📅 Tue., 1/27
🕰️ 5:30-6:30pm
📍 Legacy Elementary School, Ashburn
🔗 Apply at lcps.org/sns or QR code
📅 Tue., 1/27
🕰️ 5:30-6:30pm
📍 Legacy Elementary School, Ashburn
🔗 Apply at lcps.org/sns or QR code