Beth Barts, 50, resigned on Friday. She said she made the decision 'for her and her family'
A member of the woke Loudoun County School Board in Virginia has resigned after a series of scandals, the most recent and explosive of which is its alleged cover-up of a 15-year-old girl being raped by a boy 'wearing a skirt' in the girls' bathroom.
Beth Barts, 50, resigned on Friday in a press release that she posted on Facebook, saying it was the 'right decision for her family.'
'While I look forward to a return to a simpler life of volunteer service, I will miss my office hours and the conversations I had with so many of you in our community,' she wrote.
'Please accept this letter as my formal resignation from the Loudoun County School Board effective November 2, 2021.
'This was not an easy decision or a decision made in haste. After much thought and careful consideration, it is the right decision for me and my family.'
Barts shared her resignation in a statement on Facebook on Friday
Dr. Scott Ziegler, the district superintendent who is paid $295,000 a year, remains in his job despite growing calls for him to resign.
Ziegler has not commented on Barts' resignation.
The school board has been routinely accused of pushing an ultra-liberal agenda on kids and parents and silencing those who disagree with them.
One of their proposed policies is that kids be allowed to use whichever bathroom or locker room that correlates to the gender they choose on any given day.
Angry parents have protested against it.
In May, the 15-year-old daughter of Scott Smith reported to teachers that she'd been raped by a boy 'wearing a skirt' who was allowed into the girls' bathroom under the policy.
The school - Stone Bridge - says it reported the incident to police but the school board - which covers all of the schools in the district - claims none of its members knew about it until the girl's father went public this week in the media.
On June 22, Ziegler told a crowded meeting full of angry parents that there had been no reports of any transgender sexual assaults in the bathrooms.
Now, Smith says he intends to sue.
The boy who allegedly raped his daughter also allegedly attacked another girl at a different school in the district. He is in juvenile detention now awaiting his next court date.
On June 22, Ziegler, said: 'To my knowledge, we don’t have any record of assaults occurring in our restrooms.'
He then went further, calling it a debunked theory that a transgender person is more likely to sexually assault a cisgender person, and that the 'predatory trans person does not exist'.
'I think it’s important to keep our perspective on this, we’ve heard it several times tonight from our public speakers but the predator transgender student or person simply does not exist,' he said.
Furious parents are demanding the resignation of Loudoun County Schools Superintendent Scott Ziegler, shown on June 22, telling a school board meeting that there had been no reports of sexual assaults involving transgender kids in bathrooms when one was reported on May 28
Parents on Tuesday called for Ziegler's resignation at a school board meeting. More than 60 irate parents and one student attended the meeting
Katie Young, 14, also spoke at the meeting. She said: 'I am 14 years old, the fact that I have to be here defending my rights to not have your radical agenda shoved down my throat in school is not only concerning, it's upsetting'
On Tuesday, furious parents and one 14-year-old student attended a meeting where they called for Ziegler's resignation.
'This is not China, this is the United States of America, and we will not be silenced.'
'Remove the superintendent immediately and then resign for your negligence and duplicity. End this nightmare!' one mother fumed, according to videos obtained by Fox News.
Ziegler took the job in Loudoun County in January after working in HR for years. He is paid $295,000 a year
'Your moral compasses are busted! You, Dr. Ziegler, and our school board – every one of you – are complicit in these crimes against our children because you did nothing about it, nothing.
'What is worse than a child being raped at school? The cover-up by those who are trusted with the safety and well-being of children.'
'Today, Scott Ziegler must resign for the unconscionable act of allowing an
