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From left, Jack LaMay, Isabel Castillejo and Joshua Darr, react to a missed goal by the U.S. team in the match against Belgium Tuesday. The U.S.’s 2-1 loss put them out of the World Cup tournament. But there’s still plenty of soccer to watch leading up to the finals July 13, with eight teams vying for the championship.
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ric Williams vowed to faithfully and impartially lead Loudoun’s public schools to the best of his ability when he was sworn in Monday as the county’s seventh school superintendent since 1917. Williams took the oath of office, repeating the words after Circuit Court Clerk of the Court Gary Clemens, before
a gathering of state legislators, members of the School Board and top school administrators, including outgoing superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick who served in the position 23 years. “I am absolutely thrilled,” Williams said after taking the oath. “The word ‘oath’ in ‘oath of office’ is a solemn word, but it’s appropriately solemn given the task of the superintendent. “I’m incredibly honored to serve as superintendent here, to be able to build
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on the strong tradition of excellence in our schools—to sustain excellence and to build on that excellence,” he said. Williams added he was committed to working with those in the room and those community leaders who were not in attendance to make that happen. “Thank you for such a warm welcome. I look forward to working with all of you.” Hatrick shook hands with his successor and congratulated him. Williams Continued on Page 7
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s the Loudoun County School Board dug into the spending plan drawn up by Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick from January through April, they asked a lot of questions—257 to be exact—to understand the rationale behind each line item. With an emotional budget season in the rearview mirror, and a new superintendent sworn in Monday, School Board members have said they want to carry out the budget process differently next time around. They’ve said they want Superintendent Eric Williams to work closely with them as he drafts his budget, and they want to start the process earlier. Much earlier. The board members made good on the second part of that promise last Saturday when they held a work session to begin planning for the fiscal year 2016 budget, 10 days before fiscal year 2015 begins. The repeated sentiment throughout the five-hour meeting was that the board members want information about the budget—from enrollment projections to
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