Morning Minute

The School Board's Ad Hoc Committee on Special Education makes recommendations for what kind of restraint should be used on students and when; county supervisors adopt a program to help pay the cost of protecting land from development.

The Round Hill Town Council finally finds someone for its empty seat; the Stanley Cup comes to Middleburg (sorry, Lovettsville.)

Supervisors study transfer of development rights; the School Board asks the county to move recycling drop-off points off school campuses.

Distance-based tolling is coming to the Dulles Greenway; county supervisors study expanded gun safety regulations.

A fund to help preserve small farms carries on Malcolm Baldwin's work; Leesburg Elementary School gets a new principal with a familiar face.

A county working group recommends only minor tweaks to the county's gun laws; the School Board debates ditching Loudoun's Licensed Practical Nursing program.

Water and sewer rates are set to go up in Leesburg—every year for the next five years; member of the School Board calls Del. Dave LaRock (R-33)'s claims about their homeschooling policy "completely erroneous" and "propaganda."

Loudoun's economic development and tourism leaders say sister cities around the world bring the county an economic edge and millions in visitor spending; Town of Leesburg staff say trash pickup woes are getting worked out.

School administrators predict next year Loudoun will be able to offer every kindergartner a full six-hour day again after all; Waxpool Elementary School gets its first principal.

The School Board puts off deciding whether to close two small western schools until it has a member representing those schools; Bullets and Beans won't be allowed to sell coffee with their guns, so they'll sell lingerie with their guns.

Loudoun's land conservation programs may have something to learn from Maryland; a proposal to help put land in conservation easements moves to the Board of Supervisors.

A Loudoun Valley High School varsity football kicker turns his season into fundraising for childhood cancer research; Democrats and Republicans pick their candidates for the special election January 8.

The Loudoun Impact Fund celebrates $125,000 in grants to nonprofits; the sheriff's office asks people to report crimes before tweeting them.

The School Board votes in favor of protections for LGBT employees and keeping guns out of all school system buildings; tolls are going up on the Dulles Toll Road.

Amazon's new headquarters is going to Crystal City—so is that a good thing for Loudoun? The Loudoun Museum hires a new executive director.

County supervisors set their priorities for state funding, including a judgeship and restoring funding for regional transportation needs; a Loudoun conservation icon dies.

Planning commissioners, Loudouners, and builders are divided over the new comprehensive plan; the Loudoun County High School Marching Raiders win one of the top awards in the country.

Now that Jennifer Wexton is going to Congress, the race is on to see who will take her seat in the state senate; a fifth person joins the race for an empty School Board seat.

The blue wave continues, sending a Democrat to the House of Representatives in the 10th District for the first time in almost 40 years; Loudoun mayors propose a plan to avoid developing the transition policy area.

It's a big day. elections.virginia.gov.

Lovettsville hires its new town manager, who has been fired from his two previous jobs as town manager; parents and educators worry about a proposal to put high school parking on an elementary school campus.

The school system works to update social studies textbooks; a man from Alexandria is scheduled to be indicted on murder charges after two shooting deaths at a hookah lounge in Sterling.

Hillsboro calls for a stop to the Rockwool plant in West Virginia; Middleburg hires a Purcellville's former assistant town manager.

State lawmakers say they're working on a fix to a law that shut down communications between county supervisors and developers across much of Loudoun; two more people throw their hats in the ring to fill a vacant School Board seat.

The SAT scores are in, and Loudoun students are above average; the School Board plans to fill its empty seat.