The Loudoun County School Board will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 13, at Rock Ridge High School, 43460 Loudoun Reserve Drive, Ashburn, to discuss matters related to the proposed Golden to Mars transmission line project. 

View the full School Board meeting agenda on the Board Docs website (under Meetings). You can also access the agenda via the Board Meetings & Documents link on the Loudoun County School Board webpage.  

The School Board will accept in-person comments only for this meeting, or you can submit public comment or feedback to the School Board via Let's Talk, which is accepted year-round.  

Please note that, given the sole subject matter of this special meeting, speakers at the School Board’s Special Meeting are asked to limit their comments to the topic of the proposed Golden to Mars transmission line project. 

For more information and to learn how to sign up to speak at School Board meetings or its committees, please visit the Citizen Participation webpage. 

The procedures for commenting to the School Board are as follows: Sign-up for public comment will close at noon on Monday, July 13. For those who have not pre-registered, walk-up registrations for in-person public comment will be accepted at Rock Ridge High School from 4:30 to 5:00 p.m. Walk-up speakers will be added to the end of the in-person comment list. 

The meeting will be livestreamed on the Loudoun County Public Schools website so that members of the public may follow the discussion remotely. Closed captioning will be added to the video before it is posted. However, because the meeting is being held off-site, it will not be available through the School Board’s normal broadcast channels and the division will not have the capability to offer virtual public comment for this meeting.

Community members who are unable to attend in person are encouraged to share their feedback with the School Board through Let’s Talk.

The list of pre-registered speakers will be displayed at the front of the building and on the school division’s website approximately an hour before the start of the meeting. Speakers must limit comments to the time allotted by the Chair and announced prior to the public comment period. The Chair determines the time based on the number of speakers and the agenda. 

Members of the public will be allowed to view public comments and the full meeting in Rock Ridge's auditorium. The public will be admitted through the main school entrance. 

Members of the public eligible to address the School Board include residents of Loudoun County (including incorporated towns within); businesses located in whole or in part in Loudoun County; Loudoun County taxpayers; current or former LCPS students; parents and guardians of LCPS students that live outside of Loudoun County; LCPS employees and retirees; or representatives of organizations serving LCPS employees and students. 

The following safety protocols are in effect for those attending the School Board meeting:

• All persons and items entering the building are subject to search.

• The following items will not be allowed inside the LCPS Administrative Offices: bags and purses (purses or handbags 8 inches-by-11-inches-by-2 inches, or smaller, are permitted); backpacks; food; sticks or rods of any kind; lighters and matches; aerosols; noise-making devices; voice-enhancement devices; mace; pepper spray; and weapons of any kind. (Water in a one-liter or smaller soft-plastic container is permitted, one per person.) 

As a reminder, if a member of the public wishes to present materials to School Board members, they should be submitted to the Public Information Officer or their designee at a designated collection area prior to the start of the meeting. These materials will be distributed to Board members. All materials being submitted to the School Board must be hand-carried without boxes or bags. Under no circumstances will a speaker approach the area where the School Board members will be seated.  

Attendees are reminded that photos, video or other recordings are allowed. Images may become part of the public record or be used in media coverage. The meeting will be live-streamed on the LCPS webpage.