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LCPSrevisessexdiscriminationpolicy
Thursday,Jul.5,2012byLauraPeters|0comments|Emailthisstory
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LoudounCountyPublicSchoolsnowhasarevisionintheirsexualharassmentandsex discriminationpolicy TheJune26SchoolBoardvote,comingtwoyearsafterthemuchdebatedpolicychangeonthe countylevel,waspassedunanimously. OnJan.5,2010,theLoudounCountyBoardofSupervisorsvotedtoincludelanguageinthe countysHumanResourcesPolicyHandbookforbiddingdiscriminationbasedonsexual orientationandgenderidentity.Thevotesparkedheateddebatebetweenboardmembers EugeneDelgaudio(RSterling),whotriedtostrikedownthemeasure,andthenSupervisor StevensMiller(DDulles),whovotedinfavorofthepolicy. ForLCPS,thepolicychangewasmoreofaformality,mergingtwodifferentpoliciesintoone concreteplan.Thetworevisedpoliciesaddresssexdiscriminationandsexualharassmentfor LCPSemployeesandstudents,servingastwoseparatepolicies,respectively. TheSchoolBoardsLegislativeandPolicyCommitteerevisedbothpoliciesJune4andvoted unanimouslytosendtheirrecommendedchangestotheboardforconsideration. Thechangesweretechnicalandintendedtoeliminatesomeunnecessaryoverlapinthepolicies andtostreamlinetheprocessforprompthandlingofharassmentcomplaints,NedWaterhouse, deputysuperintendentforLCPSsaid. ThecommitteedecidedtodeletePolicy32forsexdiscriminationandaddittoPolicy72,which servedasthepolicyforsexualharassment.
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