Seneca Ridge Middle School science teacher Rick Peck uses Google Earth images to discuss our area watersheds.

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Science teacher Rick Peck gives his students a sheet of aluminum foil to create a map of rivers with their watersheds. From left, Meera Chauhan, 12; Janera Martinez, 12; Rick Peck; Aly Kamins, 12; and Jillian Kazmierczak, 12.

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Seneca Ridge Middle School science teacher Rick Peck calls on a student in his class.

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Seneca Ridge Middle School science teacher Rick Pack discusses the relationship of space with our watersheds.

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At Seneca Ridge Middle School, Edison Rolle, 11 (left), and Taaj Davis, 12, test their foil watershed map with water in Rick Peck's science class.

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2008-2009 Agnes Meyer Award recipient, Jim Jenkins, a fifth-grade teacher at Mountain View Elementary School in Purcellville.

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Protesters from western Loudoun gather in front of the Loudoun County government building to protest the purchase of lands being purchased in Lovettsville for new schools.

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Loudoun schools' director of planning and legislative services, Sam Adamo, stands with one of the many maps his team uses in their work.

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Sam Adamo, Loudoun County Public Schools' director of planning and legislative services, biking in a 24-hour challenge event at Seven Springs on his 50th birthday five years ago. "Have to do something crazy on an annual basis," said Adamo.

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At the Loudoun County Government Center, Lilly Rountree, 6, hands out stickers for S.O.C.S. and socks to wave before the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors first public hearing on the county administrator's proposed budget for next fiscal year.

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Sandy Sullivan, president of Loudoun Education Association, speaks before the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors during their first public hearing about the proposed county budget.

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At the Loudoun County Government Center people were turned away by Loudoun County Fire Marshals from the overcrowded public hearing. Many stood outside the chambers waiting for people to leave. Some watched from an overflow room.

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Members of the audience wave socks to show support for a speaker at Loudoun County's first public hearing on the county administrator's proposed budget for next fiscal year. The socks represent support for S.O.C.S. (Taxpayers 4 Support Our Community Schools).

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At the public hearing on the county administrator's proposed budget for next fiscal year, Rosalind Jamison talks with Terry Franz. Both had signed up to speak before the board. Jamison was waiting to speak about the need to fund special education in the county and Franz signed up to speak about funding senior programs.

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Early this morning, Anna Cabrera blows snow from walkways at Hillside Elementary School in Broadlands.

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Osvaldo Tuzarra removes snow from walkways at Hillside Elementary School in Broadlands. The light dusting caused schools to open one hour late.

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Larry Sims gets ready to begin his day at Park View High School in Sterling. He's been with the district for 38 years, and as one of the early black students in Loudoun, brings a unique perspective to his teaching.

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Larry Simms looks out over the courtyard at Park View that was a smoking area for students in the 1970s. Now there's no smoking anywhere on campus. Simms has been at Park View for 38 years, and as one of the early black students in Loudoun, brings a unique perspective to his teaching.

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Larry Simms, a teacher at Park View High School, chats with history teacher Jen Zecher as they prepare their classes for the start of school. Simms has been a teacher at Park View for 38 years.

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