A classroom addition at Waterford Elementary is open for students this year as well as a gymnasium addition for Catoctin Elementary and renovated home economics laboratories at Simpson Middle and Seneca Ridge Middle. Under construction to open for the start of the 2000-01 school year are Mill Run Elementary in Broadlands, Little River Elementary in South Riding, and Stone Bridge High in Ashburn Farm. According to the D.C. Metropolitan Area Boards of Education Guide, LCPS has the highest percentage of school-based personnel in the area. Two new 800-student elementary schools are open this year to help serve a student population increasing by some 2,000 youngsters annually. The modern Monroe Technology Center offers high school students advanced training in 17 specialized fields.
Students win top prizes in regional, state and national skill tests.
General Motors selected MTC as the first school in the nation to pilot the GM-YES Program with mentorships for students at Loudoun automobile dealerships. Programs for gifted students are available at all grades in all schools, and qualified students may attend Governor's Magnet School Programs in science and technology and the arts. For more information check out the L.C.P.S. website by clicking here .