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[ Vol. 4, No. 45 ]
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[ September 26, 2019 ]
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Teacher on Leave Following Allegations of Past Sexual Misconduct BY NORMAN K. STYER
Renss Greene/Loudoun Now
A historic building stands along the road to Sleeter Lake Park, which is on land supervisors hope to buy for $1.2 million, connecting that park to Franklin Park.
Supervisors to Buy 106 Acres for Western Loudoun Super-Park BY RENSS GREENE County supervisors have agreed to buy 106 acres between Round Hill’s Sleeter Lake Park and the county’s Franklin Park, creating 320 continuous acres of parkland stretching almost from Round Hill to Purcellville. “Everybody’s looking for more parks, trails and recreation,” said Supervisor Tony R. Buffington (R-Blue Ridge). “We recently opened Sleeter Lake to the public, and everyone knows Franklin Park’s not far away. Well, there’s a 105.96-acre lot right between those two.” If all goes well in the due diligence period, closing is expected on or before
Dec. 15 for $1.2 million. The county is buying the property from Round Hill Investors, LLC, and the property has recently been brought up by residents at a Round Hill Town Council meeting who had spotted surveyors on the undeveloped property. “This would end up being probably a passive-use park, just having trails though there, a place you can sit, enjoy the nature, possibly equestrian trails, those sort of things,” Buffington said. “And it stopped houses from possibly being built on there, and it connects two western Loudoun parks into one really big western Loudoun park.” Buffington said he found out about the
land while driving to visit Sleeter Lake Park, which opened in October 2018 after 28 years of planning. He said after reaching out to a few Round Hill officials and Loudoun County staff members, he received mostly positive feedback. “It’d be hard to find that much for that price out here in western Loudoun, and that’s right in between the two towns of Round Hill and Purcellville, so I think it’s as great spot,” Buffington said, pointing out that would also prevent any future houses on the property, which is currently zoned for up to three units per acre. But Round Hill Mayor Scott Ramsay
A Loudoun County Public Schools English teacher has been placed on leave following an investigation conducted by a private school in Washington, DC that linked him to credible assertions of sexual misconduct with students there in the 1970s and 1980s. Eugene Legg has taught in Loudoun County since 1995, and since 2016 has been assigned to Rock Ridge High School. He taught at Loudoun County High School from 1995 to 2005 and at Legg Briarwoods High School from 2005 to 2016. Legg is a popular teacher at Rock Ridge. He was nominated for the Loudoun County Outstanding Teacher Award three years ago and was selected to deliver the keynote address during the school’s graduation ceremony in June. He is also one of four teachers identified in an investigative report by members of the Crowell & Moring law firm, which was contracted by the Maret School to investigate claims made by former students there. Legg taught at the school from 1974-1989, served as the chair of the Humanities Department and, during his later years, as the head of the Upper School, in addition to coaching and various other faculty duties. The report included information from four former students who said Legg pursued sexual relationships with them while in school and/or following their graduation. Legg was fired from the Maret School in 1989, following a mid-year leave of absence for treatment of alcohol abuse.
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