SEE IT: Woman attempts to 'serve affidavits' to Loudoun school board: 'step down or abide'
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (7News) — "Your remedy is to step down or abide to the demands set forth." Those words from a speaker at Tuesday's Loudoun County school board meeting encapsulated a spirited minute-long statement in which she told the board she was serving them an "affidavits."
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But the school board said the documents were not actual legal documents.
"While these documents outline a number of concerns from community members, the papers are not legal pleadings and do not appear to have been filed in any court of law," a schools spokesman said.
Virginia House Del. Scott Pio posted a video to Twitter from the meeting showing parents trying to serve the school board with the papers.
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"We are here today to serve you an affidavit by which you must respond with an affidavit and sworn testimony showing us where in the constitution you have been given the legal authority to trample on the people's rights," she said passionately.
The speech wrapped up with her saying, "children, please deliver the affidavit."
This was followed by a line of approximately 14 children, each carrying tall stacks of papers, marching to the front of the room toward school board chair Jeff Morse.
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Morse responded by raising his voice and demanding silence.
"I am not being served, I am being ... that will be served to our legal counsel. We are in recess," he said.
A woman named Elicia Brand posted a video on YouTube to say the affidavits were refused by the LCPS public information officer.
7News reached out to the Board Tuesday night and received the following response:
"The School Board always welcomes written public input. Papers were dropped off. We will examine them," Loudoun County schools spokesperson Wayde Byard said.
In an updated statement, Byard said to 7News: "During the public comment period of the Loudoun County School Board’s February 8 meeting, several meeting attendees provided documents titled “Notice by Affidavit of Remonstrance and Maladministration” for several School Board members and Superintendent Dr. Scott Ziegler.
While these documents outline a number of concerns from community members, the papers are not legal pleadings and do not appear to have been filed in any court of law.
LCPS welcomes feedback from the community. School Board meeting attendees who wish to provide materials to the Board are reminded that Policy 2520 provides that they give those materials to the Public Information Officer in the media box, and that attendees should not approach the days."
You can read the document above.
