The Virginia Supreme Court ruled today that the Loudoun County Planning Commission must review its plans for a new high school to be located just outside the town of Purcellville. Here's an excerpt from the article on Loudoun Extra:

"The town has fought the county for years on the issue, objecting that the location of the high school differs from what was contemplated in a growth plan adopted in 1995, and that the planned school would bring unwanted traffic and infrastructure problems to an area that has already experienced fast-paced growth.

The nuanced court ruling asserts that the location of the planned school is at odds from what was in the original growth plan - a point the county had disputed. That will trigger a review by the planning commission with jurisdiction over the area. The court ruled today that commission is the county's, not the town's.

The ruling seems in some ways a setback for the town, leaving relatively few roadblocks to construction of the school."

In a related story, the Loudoun County School Board has officially named the county's newest high school, to be built in Leesburg. It's official name will be "Tuscarora High School" after an American Indian tribe. Find the full story and a map of the proposed school site over at Loudoun Extra.

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