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Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the LCPS Board

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Jeff Morse – new and previous Loudoun County School Board Chair

by James C. Sherlock

The Loudoun County School Board has announced that it has appointed Jeff Morse of the Dulles district as its new chairman for the 2022 calendar year.

Turns out Jeff was its former Chairman in 2017-2019. He was elected with five votes for and four abstentions.

But whatever works.

Jeff’s home page tells us “his youngest attends Freedom High School.” Freedom High School is the highest performing high school in Loudoun County. Freedom High’s demographics should set Jeff up to do a bang-up job once again.

Doesn’t every school in Loudoun have a student population of 81% White and Asian and 14% Black and Hispanic?

If not, sucks being them.

Good luck, Jeff.

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9 responses to “Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the LCPS Board”

  1. Matt Adams Avatar
    Matt Adams

    As a former resident of South Riding I’m shocked at the demographic cited for the school, most of my neighbors were East Indian, Afghani or Pakistani.

    Perhaps they don’t consider those groups minority.

    1. Dick Hall-Sizemore Avatar
      Dick Hall-Sizemore

      Jim collapsed some of the categories. According to a DOE website, the demographics are; White-46.4%, Asian–34.6%, Hispanic–8.5%, and Black–5.3%.

      1. Matt Adams Avatar
        Matt Adams

        That was my assumption after looking at the data, however it doesn’t account for the groups which I listed. They were heavily represented when I lived in South Riding where Freedom is located.

        1. Dick Hall-Sizemore Avatar
          Dick Hall-Sizemore

          I assume they are included in “Asian”, which is a broad term, to say the least.

          1. Matt Adams Avatar
            Matt Adams

            I suppose that could be the case, I suppose I could see that in the East Asian instance but I’m not sure how you circle the square with Middle Eastern individuals.

      2. Nancy Naive Avatar
        Nancy Naive

        Thank God Bacon went to UVa…. eh?
        https://www.my1693.com/events/fy22/di-programs/intersectionality–sustainability–social-justice?utm_source=di_events&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2_2_22_sustainability_social_justice

  2. VaNavVet Avatar
    VaNavVet

    Perhaps based upon his previous experience and any lessons learned, he will now be in a position to be successful.

  3. James Wyatt Whitehead Avatar
    James Wyatt Whitehead

    Morse has been there a good while now. I have met him. He seemed like a good guy. Early on Morse was somewhere in the middle. Last few years he went along with the nuttiness in Loudoun. I hope he can do a good job. What a mess over there!

    1. James C. Sherlock Avatar
      James C. Sherlock

      “Went along.” The surefire test of leadership.

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