But the assault was hidden from the public for five months while Ziegler claimed to parents that there was no record of any sexual assaults in the bathroom.
The same student was accused of committing a second sexual assault against a girl on Oct. 6 at a different school.
Deputies eventually arrested the student in connection with the sexual assault against Smith’s daughter.
He was found guilty in that case and later pleaded to the second assault case.
During Youngkin’s first day in office, he issued an executive order to investigate the sexual assaults in Loudoun County. Superintendent Scott Zeigler was fired in December 2022 after a grand jury report into the district’s handling of the matters.
Youngkin leaned heavily on these issues during his 2021 gubernatorial campaign, vowing on election night, “We’re going to embrace our parents, not ignore them.”
