![Vacancies in teaching positions have jumped 25% in recent years as more teachers leave the profession and less recent college graduates decide to pursue careers in education.](https://lightridgenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Teacher-Shortage-1200x829.jpg)
Teacher shortage hits Loudoun and Lightridge
Lalitha Aravind, Associate Story Editor
• April 11, 2024
![Varsity player Mikayla Bowe gets ready to take a shot against Unifieds Kwabena Owusu, and Nana Ayirebi-Akomeah.](https://lightridgenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/unified1.jpg)
“Everyone gets a chance to shoot the ball.”
Aziza Khikmatillaeva, Staff Writer
• March 7, 2024
![A bunch of novels are in a trash can and are on fire.](https://lightridgenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/A5FA4384-E8E6-49DD-AB20-56FC925927BB-900x591.jpeg)
Senate bill forces new Loudoun policy covering sexually explicit material
Panchami Rangaraju, Staff Writer
• May 16, 2023
![Dr. Ryan Hitchman, wearing a blue and yellow jacket, waves to someone out of frame.](https://lightridgenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/hitch-900x720.jpg)
Dr. Ryan Hitchman: The man, the myth, the Lightridge legend
Alexis Ford, Staff Writer
• March 7, 2023
![A stack of books about various religions sits on a table,](https://lightridgenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_5802-900x600.jpg)
Op-Ed: College Board history standards are outdated and inaccurate
Panchami Rangaraju, Staff Writer
• February 27, 2023
![Two hands tied together with a white graduation cord](https://lightridgenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cord-e1675699672951-900x760.jpg)
Students and administration reach agreement on new graduation cord policy
Oluwatoni Ikhile, Staff Writer
• February 6, 2023
![A new policy put forth by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin that changes the rights afforded to transgender students has left some in the Lightridge community uneasy.](https://lightridgenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_7303-900x600.jpg)
Students fear new Youngkin transgender policy
Panchami Rangaraju and Lalitha Aravind
• December 5, 2022
![A sad phone sits in jail](https://lightridgenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/photojail-900x869.jpg)
Lightridge launches new cellphone policy.
Ashlynn Cherian, Editor-in-Chief
• September 22, 2022
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