“Virginia's Attorney General has launched a probe into 11 schools across two districts after they failed to tell top students that they had received a National Merit award – claiming it could affect the youngster's college scholarships.

Loudoun County Public Schools Acting Superintendent Daniel Smith admitted that four schools failed to inform pupils that they had won the awards.

It comes after an investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools was lodged by AG Jason Miyares after discovering that seven of their schools also failed to tell pupils of their awards.

Parents of pupils at the seven Fairfax County schools hit out after the revelations, claiming that the students were deliberately left in the dark, so other students 'feelings were not hurt.' …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/11640815

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Thanks. I had searched for “Loudoun County”, the county mentioned in my post, but found no recent hits.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
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Thanks. I had searched for “Loudoun County”, the county mentioned in my post, but found no recent hits.

I think that article is a valuable contribution to the discussion. Pipe Smoker, I won't steal your thunder but, if this thread gets locked, I'd appreciate it if you would post your article in the ongoing thread.

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I just did that.