Former Loudoun County Superintendent Scott Ziegler Found Guilty of Teacher’s Retaliatory Firing

Ziegler fired a teacher who testified before a grand jury looking into the school board’s handling of two sexual assaults by a ‘gender fluid’ teen.

Loudoun County Superintendent Scott Ziegler during a school board meeting in Ashburg, Va., on June 22, 2021. LCPS/Screenshot via The Epoch Times

A jury found former Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) superintendent Scott Ziegler guilty of firing a special education teacher in retaliation on Friday.

The split decision of the jury found Mr. Ziegler, who was embroiled in a larger sexual assault scandal that shook Loudoun County and made national headlines, guilty of retaliation by penalizing the teacher for grand jury service.