A Loudoun County jury found former superintendent Scott Ziegler guilty of unlawfully discharging a teacher who reported being repeatedly groped by a student.
Mr. Ziegler faces up to six months in jail and/or a $2,500 fine for the retaliatory firing of Erin Brooks, a former special-education teacher who had complained about being touched inappropriately by a non-verbal student in class.
The jury also found Mr. Ziegler not guilty Friday on a charge of penalizing the teacher for missing work to testify before a special grand jury in a separate sexual-assault case at a different school.“Justice has finally been served in Loudoun County,” Mr. Miyares said in a Friday statement. “Nearly two years ago, Loudoun County Public Schools and the Loudoun County School Board were thrown into the public spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
WATCH: The Loudoun County teacher - who Scott Ziegler unlawfully fired - spoke exclusively with me moments after the former Superintendent was found guilty by a jury.
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