Ms. Lauren Shernoff 

School Board Member, Leesburg District 

Lauren Shernoff is the Leesburg District School Board Representative. Lauren was born in Ohio before moving to Northern Virginia where she graduated from Chantilly High School in Fairfax County. Lauren attended The Ohio State University receiving a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Development and Education (’06) with a Masters in Education (’07). 

After graduate school, Lauren moved back to Northern Virginia in Loudoun County. Lauren was a classroom teacher in kindergarten and first grade for 10 years in Fairfax County before moving to Loudoun County Public Schools. In LCPS, Lauren was an Elementary Literacy Facilitator for six years and then took a school-based position with a literacy and science focus at Guilford Elementary. 

Lauren is also involved in her community. Lauren is the PTA secretary for Tolbert Elementary School and also served as their Loudoun Education Alliance of Families (LEAF) representative to the school board. In addition, Lauren serves as the Leesburg representative on the Loudoun County Advisory Commission on Youth (ACOY) appointed by the Board of Supervisors. 

Lauren has lived in Leesburg for the past ten years with her husband, Alex, and their two children, Hannah and Allison.

School Board Information

Schools Represented within the Leesburg District

  • Academies of Loudoun

  • Middleburg Community Charter School

  • Ball's Bluff Elementary School

  • North Star School

  • Belmont Ridge Middle School

  • Frances Hazel Reid Elementary School

  • Catoctin Elementary School

  • Riverside High School

  • Cool Spring Elementary School

  • William O. Robey High School

  • Frederick Douglass Elementary School

  • J. Lupton Simpson Middle School

  • Evergreen Mill Elementary School

  • Seldens Landing Elementary School

  • Harper Park Middle School

  • Smart's Mill Middle School

  • Heritage High School

  • John W. Tolbert, Jr. Elementary School

  • Hillsboro Charter Academy

  • Tuscarora High School

  • Leesburg Elementary School

  • Virtual Loudoun

  • Loudoun County High School

Lauren Shernoff

Phone Contact: 571-252-2411

Term of Office: Ms. Shernoff was elected to the School Board in 2023; her term of office will expire on December 31, 2025.

Committee Assignments: Ms. Shernoff chairs the Curriculum & Instruction Committee and serves on the Joint Committee with the Board of Supervisors and the Legislative, Audit & Policy Committee. She also serves as the liaison to the Loudoun Education Alliance of Families (LEAF).

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