Contents of My Initial Submission to the U.S. House Committee on Education and The Workforce #LCPS #LCSO #LindsayMohler #TroxelLeigh #LoudounCounty #LoudounCountyGovernment

Part II

On May 29, 2026, I submitted my testimony to the U.S House Committee on Educatoin and The Workforce.

You can see a copy of my initial submission in part I, link:

https://nickcottone.blogspot.com/2026/06/congressional-testimony-submission.html

Below, I illustrate the contents of my initial testimony provided to Congress.

This testimony was provided to refute the false testimony and statements that were made by Dr. Aaron Spence and on behalf of the Loudoun County School Board.

EXHIBIT A: THE CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF DIGITAL BLOCKADE AND ADMINISTRATIVE RETALIATION

DOCUMENT 1: COMMUNITY-WIDE BROADCAST FROM DR. AARON SPENCE

Sender: Loudoun County Public Schools <donotreply@lcps.org>
Recipient: Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at 11:05 AM
Forensic Note: This digital transmission was directed to the Complainant exactly 28 hours after the formal forensic notice of ODRAS mediation sabotage was served to Dr. Spence’s cabinet. It documents the Superintendent publicly categorizing systemic civil rights complaints and federal oversight as "distractions."
The 100 pages of evidence included herein explicitly contradicts the public proclamation LCPS and Dr. Spence sent via community wide email on May 12, 2026, and serves as a stark contradiction to the reality of how Dr. Spence and LCPS actually handles parental rights in real time.

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Important Community Message
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Tue, May 12, 2026 at 11:05 AM

Reply-To: donotreply@lcps.org

To: stevenrubis@gmail.com

Loudoun County Public Schools‎

Dear LCPS Family,

I want to share with you that I will be testifying before the U.S. House Committee on Education & Workforce on June 10, 2026.

I welcome this opportunity and look forward to speaking with the committee about the extraordinary environment we have built together here in Loudoun County Public Schools. Each and every day, our students learn, grow, and achieve at remarkable levels, supported by dedicated staff and engaged families. These accomplishments are not possible without the strong partnerships we share with our families and the broader community.

At LCPS, we are committed to ensuring every student feels a sense of belonging, value, and opportunity in our schools. We believe all students deserve to be supported, challenged, and prepared for success, and we remain focused on creating learning environments where every child can thrive. In doing so, we follow both state and federal laws, uphold the rights of all students, and work each day to provide safe, welcoming, and academically strong schools for every member of our community.

While I recognize that this moment brings heightened attention and, at times, increased politicization, I remain firmly focused on what matters most: our students. Distractions will not deter us from continuing to make LCPS one of the finest school divisions in the country.

It is truly a privilege to serve this community and I value the opportunity to engage with our students, staff, and families every day. As always, I am grateful for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Dr. Aaron Spence
Superintendent
Loudoun County Public Schools

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DOCUMENT 2: LCPS SAFETY DIRECTOR NO-TRESPASS ISSUANCE

Sender: John Clark <John.Clark@lcps.org>
Date: Wednesday, Feb 25, 2026, at 8:32 AM

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

LCPS Letter

John Clark <John.Clark@lcps.org>

Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 8:32 AM

To: "stevenrubis@gmail.com" <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Sir,

Please see attached. Thank you for your cooperation.

John Clark | Director of Safety & Security

Loudoun County Public Schools

21000 Education Ct., Ashburn, VA 20148

Office 571-252-1740

CONFIDENTIALITY / PRIVACY NOTICE – This email and attachments may contain confidential and/or legally protected information. If you are not the intended recipient, or the person responsible for providing the information to the intended recipient, you are notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution of this information, and any other use of or reliance upon it, are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email or attachments in error, please notify the sender immediately. All correspondence with Loudoun County Public Schools, including email, may be subject to disclosure in accordance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.

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LCPS Letter

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Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 2:15 PM

To: John Clark <John.Clark@lcps.org>

Cc: mark.bergin@lcps.org, Rae Mitchell <Rae.Mitchell@lcps.org>, Paige Carter <paige.carter@lcps.org>, Nick Cottone <Nick.Cottone@lcps.org>, Kate Ridgeway <Kate.Ridgeway@lcps.org>, "W. John Brewer" <john.brewer@lcps.org>, neri.gonzales@lcps.org, beth.robinson@lcps.org, sheriff@loudoun.gov, police@leesburgva.gov

FORMAL FORENSIC NOTICE OF DISAGREEMENT AND DEMAND FOR IMMEDIATE RECISION

TO: John Clark, Director of Safety & Security, Loudoun County Public Schools

CC: Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff; Rae Mitchell, Chief of Schools; Neri Gonzales, Director of High School Education; Beth Robinson, Supervisor of Middle School Education; W. John Brewer, Principal (DHS); Nick Cottone, Principal (SMRS); Kate Ridgeway, Principal (LIES); Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office; Leesburg Police Department.

RE: NOTICE OF AGGRAVATED RETALIATION, CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS, AND THE FORENSIC BLOCKADE OF PAID PUBLIC RECORDS

Dear Mr. Clark,

I am filing this formal Notice of Disagreement and Demand for Recision based on a fundamental legal bedrock: a parent cannot be "trespassed" for the "crime" of being a whistleblower. This No-Trespass Order is an unlawful attempt to criminalize my legally protected advocacy and my mandate to establish an Administrative Record of District misconduct. My conduct—the reporting of waste, fraud, and civil rights violations—is not only "not wrong," but is a mandated response to the District’s own documented patterns of administrative fraud and data spoliation. This order is an ultra vires instrument manufactured to provide "color of law" cover for Lindsay Mohler (Troxell Leigh P.C.) and vendor QlikTech, Inc., to suppress evidence of systemic fraud and facilitate the professional and parental erasure of a whistleblower.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF ADMINISTRATIVE MISCONDUCT AND RETALIATION The February 24 No-Trespass Order is not a safety measure—as I reside 700 miles away in Chicago and have never made a threat—but is the final stage of a Coordinated Retaliatory Pincer Movement. This movement consists of: (1) Financial Retaliation through punitive fee-shifting; (2) Digital Spoliation via the manual "locking" of federal records; (3) Administrative Fraud via false official statements by Principal Nick Cottone; and (4) Obstruction of Justice by issuing a police ban on the exact day of a VDOE investigation deadline. Furthermore, the timing was explicitly calculated to prevent me from attending the Dominion High School Variety Show this weekend at the request of my son, Charles—a cruel act of retaliation against a student with a documented Emotional Disability.

SAFE HARBOR & ANTI-RETALIATION DECLARATION Let this submission serve as a formal Notice of Protected Activity under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the IDEA, VA Code § 2.2-3011, and LCPS Policy 7561. My communications are strictly limited to the reporting of misconduct. Furthermore, the volume of this correspondence is not "nuisance"; it is forensic evidence illustrating a severe deficiency in response by LCPS. This volume highlights the District’s total failure to discuss or rectify the proven misconduct I have cited. Any attempt to utilize the volume of these constitutionally protected petitions as a basis for further sanctions will be documented as Aggravated Retaliation for a communication crisis manufactured by the District’s own non-responsiveness.

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF EVIDENCE I possess comprehensive PDF evidence, metadata, and exhibits for every timestamp and factual claim asserted below. Due to volume, they are not attached here but will be provided immediately upon request by any investigating authority acting in good faith.

I. Strategic Sabotage of State/Federal Investigations and The Forensic Timeline of Retaliation

[Feb 4, 11:46 AM]: In response to Dr. Spence’s community message, I issued a Formal Demand for the Application of 14th Amendment and FERPA Standards to the Rubis Family. I explicitly challenged the District’s "Selective Equal Protection" and noted the hypocrisy of claiming FERPA protection while LCPS FOIA records (the 944 records) likely document the illegal sharing of my family’s private dynamics with private attorneys Lindsay Mohler and Gareth Bowen. I identified the weaponization of SRO Timothy Iversen, who, at the direction of Nick Cottone, initiated an extrajudicial "show of force" interrogation of a parent 700 miles away in Chicago in Dec 2023. Iversen admitted there was no criminal predicate or legal reason for the call, establishing a clear violation of my 4th and 14th Amendment rights.
[Feb 9, 7:00 AM (Zero Hour)]: I served a Final Cease & Desist and Notice of Willful Misconduct (Exhibits 1-113) on LCPS Leadership. I formally revoked consent for the Seneca Ridge transition, cited Nick Cottone’s Administrative Fraud (VA Code § 18.2-468), and documented $2,148,000.00+ in economic damages resulting from the "Public-Private Nexus" between LCPS and Lindsay Mohler. I explicitly warned that proceeding with the transition tour would be viewed as Actual Malice and Deliberate Indifference toward a documented multi-year record of safety conflicts.
[Feb 9, 9:14 AM]: I issued a Formal Notice of Digital Spoliation and Targeted Records Blackout. I documented that at 9:00 AM—74 minutes after my 8:00 AM whistleblower service—Charles’s multi-year history (dating back to March 2022) was selectively scrubbed from the Virginia IEP Connect portal, while records for my son Beau remained visible. I identified this as a violation of the IDEA and FERPA (20 U.S.C. § 1232g) and demanded the preservation of the Synergy Audit Trail to identify the administrator who modified these settings.
[Feb 9, 9:18 AM]: I issued a formal Request for Historical IEP Records (2022–present) to Counselor Kelsey Goodnight. Despite a consistent history of professional compliance, this request—and all subsequent attempts to obtain my son's clinical history—remained unacknowledged. This confirms that a top-down directive was issued to implement a Total Records Blackout immediately following my 8:00 AM whistleblower disclosure.
[Feb 9, 2:13 PM]: I issued a Second Notice of Targeted Records Withholding and Constructive Denial of Access. I provided forensic evidence that the Virginia IEP Connect system was fully operational—as LCPS staff had successfully updated records for my son Beau that same morning—while manually "locking" or "filtering" Charles’s educational file. I formally identified this as Actual Malice and a willful violation of 34 CFR § 99.10 (FERPA).
[Feb 9, 6:48 PM]: I formally served the Superintendent and LCPS Legal with a Notice of Filing: Federal (OCR) & State (VDOE) Investigations. I placed the District under a Formal Litigation Hold, demanding the preservation of all system audit logs for the Virginia IEP Connect and Synergy portals to identify the User ID responsible for the manual restriction of my parental access.
[Feb 9, 10:24 PM]: I filed an URGENT SAFETY ADDENDUM & CONSENT FORM with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). I alerted federal investigators that the "Digital Blockade" was suppressing life-safety records for a student with a primary disability of Emotional Disability. I cited Charles's April 2025 IEP (Pages 3-4) documenting his clinical vulnerability to anxiety and depression.
[Feb 10, 7:00 AM]: I issued a Notice of Procedural Failure and Rejection of Administrative Ambush. I formally rejected the Dec 19, 2025, letter from Rae Mitchell (Chief of Schools) as an attempt to bypass 8VAC20-81-170. I documented the failure of Dr. Kate Ridgeway to report a physical safety incident for four days and the illegal isolation of my son (a student with an Emotional Disability) for "reflective writing" without an IEP team member present.
[Feb 12, 11:41 AM]: I successfully resubmitted my Formal State Special Education Complaint to the VDOE (ODRAS), curing all procedural deficiencies noted in Case #C26-393. The District was simultaneously served with this filing, placing them on notice of a formal state investigation.
[Feb 13, 8:44 AM]: I filed a Demand for an Administrative Stay with ODRAS to prevent a "Predetermined Placement" of my son while I remained under a "Digital Blockade."
[Feb 13, 1:14 PM]: I issued a formal Data Preservation Notice regarding "raw" MAP assessment data to the Office of Assessment Services and LCPS Administration. I explicitly cited the risk of spoliation of evidence during an active OCR investigation and warned that altering records would be construed as a violation of FERPA.
[Feb 13, 1:33 PM]: I filed a Formal Notice of Vendor Conflict of Interest & Data Integrity Concern. I alerted the District that its admission of "extracting and deleting" data on the Qlik platform (a hostile vendor) constituted a forensic emergency. I demanded an Integrity Audit to ensure this deletion did not target Charles Rubis’s suicide intervention records.
[Feb 17, 7:15 AM]: I filed a Supplemental VDOE Filing (ODRAS) providing Exhibit L (Transcript), which clinically impeached Principal Nick Cottone. The transcript proved his October 13, 2023, statement to the District (claiming no relationship to the family) was a Material Misrepresentation and a violation of VA Code § 18.2-468.
[Feb 18, 7:00 AM]: I sent a Final Notice of Statutory Breach and Intent to Litigate to Dr. Aaron Spence and Division Counsel. I formally notified the District that I was engaging local Virginia counsel to file a Petition for Mandamus and Injunction in Loudoun County General District Court to compel the production of the 944 records for which payment was delivered on Feb 12.
[Feb 18, 7:00 AM (Concurrent)]: I filed a formal Request for Vendor Debarment (QlikTech, Inc.) and a Demand for the Termination of Nick Cottone for Administrative Fraud under VA Code § 2.2-4321 and LCPS Policy 7561.
[Feb 18, 8:42 AM]: The Virginia Department of Education (ODRAS) formally notified LCPS (cc: Paige Carter) that information regarding my February 12 complaint would be sent by February 24, 2026. This No-Trespass order was issued on the exact day of the VDOE's deadline to preempt the state's findings.
[Feb 18, 11:46 AM]: The Virginia FOIA Advisory Council (via Staff Attorney Matteo Murrelle) formally intervened in Case #23, acknowledging the "critical role that time plays" regarding LCPS’s constructive denial of records.
[Feb 19, 11:53 AM]: I filed a Comprehensive OCR Addendum reporting the "Digital Blockade" and the Mass Data Deletion of my son’s life-safety records (specifically suicide intervention history) coinciding with the February 9 federal filing.
[Feb 23, 7:00 AM]: I provided LCPS with a formal Notice of Administrative Risk, warning that any "manufactured safety narratives" or "suppression of records" would be documented as Aggravated Retaliation under 34 C.F.R. § 100.7(e).
[Feb 23, 8:37 AM]: I filed a formal Attorney Ethics Grievance with the New Jersey OAE against Feyi Obafemi (QlikTech, Inc.) regarding the retroactive manufacture of fraudulent employment records.
[Feb 24, 2:26 PM]: The Virginia OAG formally referred my complaint regarding QlikTech and Troxell Leigh to the Office of the State Inspector General (OSIG) and the Virginia State Bar.
[Feb 24, 5:04 PM]: I sent a formal Objection to the Unilateral Academic Career Plan (ACP), citing the administrative fraud of Nick Cottone.

II. Forensic Refutation of "Safety" Pretext and Fictitious Virtual Events

Geographic Reality: I reside in Chicago, Illinois, over 700 miles away. I have never made a physical or verbal threat.
Factual Fabrication of "Virtual Events": Your letter cites the cancellation of a "large group virtual meeting" as justification. I have no knowledge of this event. I demand the immediate production of the specific details of this alleged event.

III. Analysis of Retaliatory "Prior Notices" (Sept 2024 & Dec 2025)

September 2024 (Medical Crisis Notice): This was a notice that I was deathly afraid of Nick Cottone. Using a victim's cry for safety as a basis for a police ban is a violation of the ADA.
December 2025 (IEP Violation Report): Reporting a violation of the IDEA is a protected activity.

IV. Forensic Blockade: Larceny by Trick & Obstruction of the Qlik Investigation LCPS accepted payment for records on Feb 12/19, 2026, and subsequently utilized police power to block their delivery. Payment was remitted for:

Paid Request R002480-012526: $376.80 (944 records regarding coordination with Lindsay Mohler).
Paid Request R002437-121125: $153.08 (Records involving Kate Ridgeway and Nick Cottone).
Paid Request R002450-122925: $29.82 (Halloween Bingo records).
Pending Request R002510-021526: This request seeks Data Deletion Logs, Vendor Ethics Disclosures, and internal correspondence regarding QlikTech, Inc. By issuing a No-Trespass ban, the District is attempting to avoid the production of logs that would document the February 13 mass data deletion event.
Financial Bad Faith: Under Va. Code § 18.2-178, obtaining funds for FOIA production with the intent to block delivery via a police order constitutes Larceny by Trick.

V. Evidence of Collusion, Administrative Fraud, and Data Spoliation

Documented Fraud: Principal Nick Cottone’s false 2023 narrative has been forensically impeached by physical evidence (Exhibit L).
Audit Log Evasion: This ban was issued specifically to avoid production of the system audit logs which would reveal the specific personnel responsible for the Feb 9 data scrub.

VI. Unlawful Criminalization of Protected Whistleblower Advocacy The issuance of this No-Trespass Order is a direct violation of my legal rights.

Whistleblower Protection: I have done nothing wrong; I am an investigative publisher and a parent documenting systemic misconduct. This ban represents a de facto act of Aggravated Retaliation for taking legally protected action.
State-Action Collusion: This ban inappropriately intervenes in my private civil matters. The mere existence of this letter illustrates private collusion with Lindsay Mohler and Qlik designed to suppress evidence and tip the scales of ongoing domestic litigation.
Parental Alienation: The timing was calculated to prevent my attendance at the Dominion HS Variety Show at my son's request. By barring my access to ParentVue and SchooLinks, LCPS is acting as an un-deputized agent of a private firm to facilitate parental erasure.

DEMAND: I demand the immediate and total recision of this No-Trespass Order. The use of police power to facilitate a records blockade, hide the spoliation of life-safety data, and punitively separate a father from his son's school performance is a Heinous Breach of Public Trust.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis

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LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 7:19 PM

To: John Clark <John.Clark@lcps.org>

Subject: SUPPLEMENTAL FORENSIC EVIDENCE: NOTICE OF UNANSWERED CERTIFIED CORRESPONDENCE – Ref: Feb 24 No-Trespass Protest

Dear Mr. Clark,

In further refutation of your claim that my communications are a "nuisance," please be advised that Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) has a documented history of Administrative Non-Responsiveness to formal, certified legal notices.

I hold six (6) USPS Certified Mail Return Receipt "Green Cards" confirming that LCPS Leadership was served with formal notices regarding the safety and rights of my children, to which they have provided zero (0) responses. The "volume" of my electronic communication is the direct result of the District’s failure to acknowledge the following certified deliveries:

Delivered 12/12/25: Tracking #9589071052700045357616 (Recipient: Aaron Spence)
Delivered 12/12/25: Tracking #9589071052700045357623 (Recipient: Aaron Spence)
Delivered 12/15/25: Tracking #9589071052700045357654 (Recipient: Aaron Spence)
Delivered 12/15/25: Tracking #9589071052700045357708 (Recipient: Aaron Spence)
Delivered 12/15/25: Tracking #9589071052700045357678 (Recipient: Kate Ridgeway)
Delivered 01/05/26: Tracking #9589071052700045357357 (Recipient: Aaron Spence)

The District cannot ignore certified mail and then weaponize police power to ban a parent for following up on the very safety issues LCPS refused to address. This supplement is now a permanent part of the administrative record.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis

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LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 7:21 PM

To: John Clark <John.Clark@lcps.org>

Subject: URGENT CORRECTION: Forensic Tracking Data for Certified Mail Receipts – Ref: Feb 24 No-Trespass Protest

Dear Mr. Clark,

Please find the corrected and complete USPS Tracking Numbers for the six (6) Certified Mail notices delivered to LCPS Leadership. The previous transmission contained truncated numbers; the following are the verified 22-digit identifiers for the "Green Cards" in my possession:

Delivered 12/12/25: Tracking #9589 0710 5270 0045 3576 16 (Recipient: Aaron Spence)
Delivered 12/12/25: Tracking #9589 0710 5270 0045 3576 23 (Recipient: Aaron Spence)
Delivered 12/15/25: Tracking #9589 0710 5270 0045 3576 54 (Recipient: Aaron Spence)
Delivered 12/15/25: Tracking #9589 0710 5270 0045 3577 08 (Recipient: Aaron Spence)
Delivered 12/15/25: Tracking #9589 0710 5270 0045 3576 78 (Recipient: Kate Ridgeway)
Delivered 01/05/26: Tracking #9589 0710 5270 0045 3573 57 (Recipient: Aaron Spence)

I maintain my demand for the immediate recision of the No-Trespass order. The District’s documented failure to respond to these specific certified deliveries remains the primary cause of the ongoing communication volume.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis

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LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 10:09 PM

To: John Clark <John.Clark@lcps.org>

FORMAL FORENSIC OBJECTION & DEMAND FOR INTERNAL INVESTIGATION

TO: John Clark, Director of Safety & Security, Loudoun County Public Schools

CC: Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff; Rae Mitchell, Chief of Schools; Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office

RE: SUPPLEMENTAL OBJECTION TO NO-TRESPASS ORDER; NOTICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS CONSPIRACY

DATE: February 26, 2026

NOTICE OF PROTECTED SPEECH & RESERVATION OF RIGHTS

This correspondence constitutes a "Petition for Redress of Grievances" protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Constitution of Virginia. Any attempt to utilize this objection as a basis for criminal prosecution or civil litigation will be met with a motion for dismissal and sanctions under the Virginia Anti-SLAPP statute (Va. Code § 8.01-223.2) and a counter-claim for Malicious Prosecution and Abuse of Process.

Dear Mr. Clark,

This letter serves as a formal update to my previous correspondence regarding the No-Trespass Notice issued on February 24, 2026. Following a meticulous forensic analysis of the Notice and the surrounding material facts, I am submitting this supplemental objection to establish a comprehensive and indisputable administrative record. This order—issued under the purported authority of Va. Code § 18.2-119—is a fraudulent instrument of extrajudicial harassment and a coordinated civil rights conspiracy.

I. ADMINISTRATIVE FRAUD & RETALIATORY CONTACT WITH MINORS

The No-Trespass Notice is facially fraudulent as it relies upon fabricated events to justify the deprivation of my rights:

Fabricated Event: The notice claims my comments caused the "abrupt end [of] large group virtual meetings". LCPS has provided zero details regarding the date, time, platform, or specific comments attributed to me to substantiate this material claim.
Documented Perjury & Fraud: On October 13, 2023, Principal Nick Cottone (Seneca Ridge MS) claimed in writing to LCPS superiors he did not know my family. This is demonstrably false; I possess over 20 pages of correspondence between Cottone and my ex-wife spanning the 20 months prior to his fraudulent disclaimer.
The "Show of Force" Ruse: Billing records from Troxell Leigh P.C. (Invoice #50961) definitively show that on October 24, 2023, attorney Gareth Bowen coordinated with Deputy Iversen (LCSO) to discuss an "investigation and what kind of relief we are pursuing". This ruse was executed despite Deputy Iversen's admission that there was no criminal predicate for the contact.
Targeted Retaliation against Charles Rubis: Following my Federal OCR complaint (filed Feb 9, 2026) and a formal Revocation of Consent (submitted Feb 9, 2026, 8:00 AM ET), Nick Cottone personally targeted my son, Charles Rubis, on February 12, 2026. Despite the revocation of consent for transport to Seneca Ridge MS, Cottone singled out the child, interrogated him regarding his sibling's identity, and initiated unsolicited physical contact. This constitutes aggravated witness intimidation and occurred subsequent to the initial administrative fraud of October 2023.

II. DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS: CONCEALED SUBPOENAS

LCPS has actively concealed legal proceedings to facilitate a private-public strike:

Undisclosed Service: On April 24, 2024, subpoenas were served on Nick Cottone (Seneca Ridge) and Kate Ridgeway (Lowes Island).
Procedural Breach: LCPS failed to notify me of these services. Furthermore, the matters in the subpoenas were unrelated to my children, proving school administrators were utilizing public offices to assist private attorneys in a "fishing expedition" for private litigation.

III. VENDOR CORRUPTION & AGGRAVATED RETALIATION

The timing of this order confirms a retaliatory motive to protect QlikTech, Inc., a current LCPS vendor, from a debarment inquiry:

The Qlik Quid Pro Quo: Qlik’s Feyi Obafemi altered my settled historical termination record to remove evidence of my reports regarding threats of physical violence. This was a "quid pro quo" to assist Lindsay Mohler (Troxell Leigh P.C.) in active litigation. Obafemi received a corporate promotion within 60 days of this fraudulent redaction.
Whistleblower Suppression Timeline:

Feb 9, 2026: Filed Federal OCR Complaint naming Nick Cottone and LCPS.
Feb 12, 2026: Reported retaliatory witness intimidation of my son by Principal Cottone.
Feb 19, 2026: Filed Debarment Petition with LCPS explicitly naming Obafemi and the record alteration.
Feb 23, 2026 (AM): Filed formal complaint with the NJ OAE regarding Obafemi.
Feb 24, 2026 (AM): Filed Qlik Debarment Evidence with the Virginia OAG (Civil/Consumer) and filed a complaint with the PA Bar.
Feb 24, 2026 (PM): LCPS issued this No-Trespass Order within hours of my reports to state and federal authorities.
Feb 25, 2026: Filed an official complaint with the Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
Feb 26, 2026 (AM): Filed updated petitions with the Virginia OAG, documenting this No-Trespass Order as an act of illegal retaliation.

DEMAND FOR REMEDY

I demand the immediate rescission of this fraudulent order. Be advised that I have engaged in multiple instances of legally protected activity regarding Nick Cottone and other LCPS administrators, including the filing of numerous workforce complaints with Human Resources and Talent Development (HRTD). Several of these complaints have been substantiated by LCPS.

Consequently, the issuance of this No-Trespass Notice represents a blatant and documented violation of LCPS Anti-Retaliation Policy, as I am being served a No-Trespass Notice based on the letters of September 2024 and December 2025 that were the direct subject of and to the protected activity I describe here.

All rights are reserved, including the right to seek damages for Deprivation of Civil Rights (42 U.S.C. § 1983) and Larceny by Trick (Va. Code § 18.2-178).

Sincerely,

Steven A. Rubis

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Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 10:06 AM

To: John Clark <John.Clark@lcps.org>

As a professional courtesy, I am emailing to alert you, and those CCed, that I sent a hard copy of my formal response, illustrated below, to your letter on Saturday, February 28, 2026, via USPS Certified Mail with Return Receipt Requested.

Today's email updates the administrative record.

The package send on Saturday marks the seventh USPS Certified Mail with Return Receipt Requested communication I have sent to LCPS. The previous six have yet to elicit a response from LCPS.

USPS Tracking number: 9589071052700045352390

USPS Return Receipt Tracking Number: 9590940292924295980467

The hard copy response contained in that package is shown below:

FORMAL OBJECTION AND DEMAND FOR RECISION OF NO-TRESPASS ORDER

SENT VIA USPS CERTIFIED MAIL – RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

TO: John Clark, Director of Safety & Security, Loudoun County Public Schools 21000 Education Court, Ashburn, VA 20148

DATE: February 28, 2026

RE: NOTICE OF AGGRAVATED RETALIATION, CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS, AND THE FORENSIC BLOCKADE OF PAID PUBLIC RECORDS

Dear Mr. Clark,

I. FORENSIC REFUTATION OF "SAFETY" PRETEXT AND FABRICATED EVENTS

The No-Trespass Notice issued February 24, 2026, is facially fraudulent as it relies upon fabricated and unresolved events to justify the deprivation of my rights:

Fabrication of "Virtual Events": Your letter cites a "proclivity to make disruptive and personal comments" that caused the abrupt end of "large group virtual meetings." I have no knowledge of this event, have not participated in LCPS virtual meetings since 2023, and demand the immediate production of specific details (date, time, platform) to substantiate this claim.
Criminalization of Investigative Journalism: To the extent "proclivities" refers to my investigative reporting via nickcottone.blogspot.com or public comments on news articles, LCPS has violated my First Amendment rights as an investigative publisher.
Failure to Rectify and Lack of Resolution: Your letter claims my communications are "unproductive" regarding matters "previously resolved." I explicitly deny that any issue I have brought forth has been resolved. LCPS has provided zero details regarding actions undertaken to rectify documented malfeasance. Until my children are removed from the power of Nick Cottone, who has violated my rights, all reported violations remain active and unresolved.
Retaliatory Use of Prior Notices:

September 2024 Notice: This was a notice that I was "deathly afraid" of Nick Cottone. I filed an HRTD complaint regarding this letter and have received zero response. Utilizing this as a basis for a police ban is a blatant violation of LCPS Policy 7561 (Anti-Retaliation) and the ADA.
December 2025 Notice: This letter from Rae Mitchell attempted to conflate IEP violations with my reporting of administrative fraud. My advocacy involved the denial of accommodations for my son, who was mocked by staff for his disability and punished for my formal complaints. Because LCPS has provided zero response to the HRTD complaint filed against this letter, its use here violates LCPS Policy 7561 and 34 C.F.R. § 100.7(e).

II. VENDOR CORRUPTION AND THE QUADRIPARTITE COLLUSION

This order is an ultra vires instrument manufactured to provide "color of law" cover for a coordinated civil rights conspiracy:

Documented Collusion and Administrative Fraud: I have reported proven unlawful collusion between attorney Lindsay Mohler (Troxell Leigh P.C.), LCPS, Nick Cottone, and the LCSO. This is evidenced by the administrative fraud conducted by Nick Cottone on October 13, 2023, and the subsequent "show of force" call conducted by SRO Timothy Iversen on 12/12/23 at Cottone's direction.
Public-Private Nexus Admission: I have provided proof of collusion between Mohler, Troxel Leigh, and QlikTech, Inc. (Feyi Obafemi). This No-Trespass Order explicitly ties these acts together and represents an admission that LCPS is under the control of a private law firm and its vendor, Qlik.
Aggravated QlikTech Retaliation: This ban was issued within hours of my reporting vendor violations to the Virginia Office of the State Inspector General (OSIG) and the Virginia OAG. Furthermore, this represents Aggravated Retaliation for the debarment position regarding Qlik sent to LCPS on February 19, 2026, wherein I explicitly stated any future retribution would be treated as such.
Larceny by Trick and Forensic Blockade (Va. Code § 18.2-178): LCPS accepted payment for FOIA records totaling $559.70 (Requests R002480, R002437, R002450) and then utilized police power to block their delivery. These documents likely include significant incriminatory evidence of the collusion claims outlined in this response. I demand the immediate release of these records and the restoration of my access to all LCPS digital platforms.

III. STRATEGIC TIMELINE OF RETALIATION

The following timeline establishes the District’s total failure to respond to protected activity, followed by the immediate weaponization of this No-Trespass order:

[Feb 9, 7:00 AM]: Served Final Cease & Desist and Notice of Willful Misconduct on LCPS Leadership.
[Feb 9, 9:14 AM]: Documented that Charles's history was selectively scrubbed from the Virginia IEP Connect portal within 74 minutes of service (Violation of 20 U.S.C. § 1232g).
[Feb 12, 11:41 AM]: Successfully resubmitted Formal State Special Education Complaint to the VDOE (Case #C26-393).
[Feb 18, 8:42 AM]: VDOE formally notified LCPS that information regarding the Feb 12 complaint would be sent by Feb 24, 2026.
[Feb 24, 5:04 PM]: LCPS issued the No-Trespass Order on the exact day of the VDOE deadline to preempt the state's findings.
[Feb 25, Postmark]: In a blatant act of Constructive Evasion, LCPS mailed a 20lb physical package of IEP records requested on Feb 12. By waiting until after the No-Trespass order was issued to postmark these records in a non-digital format, LCPS has willfully obstructed my right to digital audit trails and metadata preserved under FERPA.

IV. PARENTAL ERASURE AND RETALIATION AGAINST A MINOR

The timing of this notice served as a calculated punishment for my son, Charles Rubis:

The Lowes Island Variety Show: This ban was timed to prevent my attendance at the Lowes Island Elementary School Variety Show (held at Dominion HS) on February 27, 2026, where my son was requested to perform at the height of his clinical vulnerability.
Custodial Violations and Parental Erasure: By barring access to ParentVue and digital platforms (Violation of 34 CFR § 99.10), LCPS is facilitating parental erasure and violates my rights to joint legal custody.

V. COMPREHENSIVE SAFE HARBOR AND ANTI-RETALIATION DECLARATION

This correspondence constitutes a "Petition for Redress of Grievances" protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Constitution of Virginia.

Any attempt by LCPS or its agents to utilize this objection, my reporting, or this No-Trespass Order as a basis for criminal prosecution, civil litigation, or family court retaliation by Lindsay Mohler (Troxell Leigh P.C.) will be met with:

A motion for dismissal and sanctions under the Virginia Anti-SLAPP statute (Va. Code § 8.01-223.2).
Counter-claims for Malicious Prosecution and Abuse of Process.
Formal Notice of Protected Activity under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the IDEA, VA Code § 2.2-3011, and LCPS Policy 7561.

I demand the immediate and total recision of this No-Trespass Order.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis

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Wed, Mar 4, 2026 at 9:43 AM

To: John Clark <John.Clark@lcps.org>

TO: John Clark

CC: Marc Bergin; Rae Mitchell; HRTD Workplace Relations

Subject: NOTICE OF FILING: Formal HRTD Workforce Complaint - Steven Rubis v. John Clark, et al.

Mr. Clark,

Please be advised that I have formally filed a Workplace Relations Complaint with LCPS HRTD today, March 4, 2026, regarding the No-Trespass Order issued by your office on February 24, 2026.

The complaint documents the following:

Administrative Fraud: The reliance on fabricated virtual events as a pretext for the order.
Aggravated Retaliation: The timing of the order relative to my protected whistleblower activity and the scrubbing of my son’s educational data.
Larceny by Trick: The use of police power to block access to $559.70 in paid FOIA records.
Spoliation of Records: The withholding of critical suicide risk assessments from the 20lb physical IEP package postmarked on February 25.

This notice is provided to ensure that all relevant digital metadata, attendee logs for the cited virtual meetings, and internal communications regarding this order are preserved for the pending HRTD, VDOE, and Federal OCR investigations.

I remain committed to a forensic resolution of these matters through the appropriate administrative channels.

I have attached a copy of the HRTD intake form and confirmation of my submission as incident number 21548 for your knowledge and records.

Regards,

Steven Rubis

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John Clark <John.Clark@lcps.org>

Wed, Mar 4, 2026 at 12:33 PM

To: "stevenrubis@gmail.com" <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Mr. Rubis,

I have reviewed your appeal request. After careful consideration, I will not be modifying the attached letter. Please follow the instructions within the letter if you wish to further appeal this matter.

I appreciate your cooperation, thank you.

John Clark | Director of Safety & Security

Loudoun County Public Schools

21000 Education Ct., Ashburn, VA 20148

Office 571-252-1740

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This communication is being distributed to all parties included in the February 24, 2024 correspondence to ensure a complete administrative and forensic record. A hardcopy of this email will be sent to Mark Bergin via USPS Certified Mail return receipt requested on Saturday, March 7, 2026.

TO: Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff, Loudoun County Public Schools

FROM: Steven Rubis

DATE: March 6, 2026

RE: FINAL NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE DEFAULT AND RATIFICATION: Criminal Obstruction of Statutory Investigations and Tortious Interference

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is a final formal escalation regarding the summary rejection of my February 28, 2026, appeal by Director John Clark. On March 4, 2026, within 110 minutes of being served with LCPS HRTD Workforce Complaint #21548, Mr. Clark issued a summary denial. This sequence establishes a prima facie case of Aggravated Retaliation for protected activity. By failing to address or rebut the forensic evidence presented, the District has Ratified a multi-agency conspiracy to protect the private interests of QlikTech, Inc. and Lindsay Mohler (Troxell Leigh P.C.).

II. THE DIGITAL BLOCKADE AS VENDOR PROTECTIONISM The "Digital Blockade" issued on February 24, 2026, is a defensive, retaliatory strike on behalf of government vendor QlikTech, Inc. and its Associate General Counsel, Feyi Obafemi.

Criminal Obstruction: This blockade was issued within 48 hours of my filing with the NJ Office of Attorney Ethics and the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board. By barring access to the FOIA portal, the District is actively obstructing a statutory investigative process.
Larceny by Trick & Conversion: LCPS accepted $559.70 for FOIA Request R002510-021526. Utilizing police power to withhold paid-for records constitutes Conversion and Larceny by Trick (Va. Code § 18.2-178).
Impediment of Debarment: This blockade serves no safety purpose; its sole function is to impede my whistleblower debarment petition against QlikTech by suppressing integrity-related audit trails and the 944 records due on March 9.
The "365-Day" Investigatory Blackout: The one-year duration is strategically calculated to "toll" active Bar investigations and criminalize my constitutionally protected reporting via Va. Code § 18.2-119.

III. CONSPIRATORIAL MISUSE OF POLICE POWER The District has "rented" the enforcement power of the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office and Leesburg Police to facilitate a private legal advantage for Lindsay Mohler.

The 12/12/23 Incident: Principal Nick Cottone coordinated with Officer Timothy Iversen (LCSO) to unlawfully interrogate me without a criminal predicate while I was in Chicago. The planning of this interrogation occurred when no legal grounds existed for such collaboration; it was a conspiratorial misuse of police power to gain a private legal advantage for Ms. Mohler.
State Action Doctrine: This coordination establishes that LCPS is operating as a State Actor on behalf of a private law firm in violation of the 14th Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

IV. TARGETED RETALIATION AGAINST A MINOR CHILD (SECTION 504/ADA) The District is utilizing my son, Charles Rubis, a student on an active IEP, as a retaliatory pawn.

Targeting of a Student: My son Charles Rubis confirmed that Principal Nick Cottone singled him out during a Seneca Ridge Middle School field trip (Feb 2026), specifically identifying him as "Rex’s brother" to intimidate me during an active grievance.
Milestone Obstruction: The timing of the No-Trespass order (2/24) was purposefully calculated to prohibit my attendance at Charles's Lowes Island Elementary Variety Show (2/27) following my Federal OCR Complaint on Feb 9. This constitutes Proximate Retaliation against a child with a disability.

V. UNAUTHORIZED SURVEILLANCE AND ATTEMPT TO "STARVE OUT" WHISTLEBLOWER The District’s retaliation has extended beyond school boundaries into Professional Tortious Interference with a business expectancy.

Unauthorized Professional Surveillance: Between February 24 and March 3, 2026, Loudoun County Public Schools emerged as one of the top five most frequent searchers of my professional LinkedIn profile.
Intent to "Starve Out": In the absence of a legitimate educational or safety predicate, this surveillance is a malicious attempt to "starve out" a whistleblower by interfering with my job search. As communicated to Jennifer Painter and Kate Ridgeway, this unauthorized stalking is actively impacting my livelihood.

VI. COORDINATION WITH EXTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS & DEMAND FOR ARTICULATION The District's non-responsiveness serves as a Constructive Admission that LCPS is protecting its vendor, QlikTech, Inc., and private counsel, Lindsay Mohler.

Demand for Articulated Threat: I hereby demand the District articulate the specific, credible threat I allegedly posed. Failure to do so by March 9 will be treated as an admission that the security pretext is a fraudulent fabrication.

VII. FINAL DEMAND FOR RELIEF Non-performance by March 9, 2026, constitutes a final administrative default. I hereby demand:

Immediate Rescission of the February 24 No-Trespass Order.
Full Delivery of the 944 paid FOIA records (R002510) and all other pending FOIA requests.
An Independent Audit of all communications between LCPS Administration, Principal Cottone, Officer Iversen, Lindsay Mohler, and QlikTech (Qlik).
Immediate Preservation of all Synergy and FOIA portal audit logs.

VIII. NOTICE OF EVIDENTIARY AVAILABILITY AND ANTI-RETALIATION SAFE HARBOR A comprehensive forensic file supporting every assertion in this notice is maintained and available for immediate inspection.

Anti-Retaliation Notice: This communication constitutes a protected activity under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the ADA, and Virginia whistleblower protection statutes.
Whistleblower Safe Harbor: Pursuant to federal and state law, the District and its agents are hereby placed on notice that any further adverse actions—including but not limited to continued digital obstruction, professional surveillance, or the targeting of my minor child, Charles Rubis—will be treated as willful acts of witness intimidation and aggravated retaliation.

Respectfully,

Steven Rubis

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Fri, Mar 6, 2026 at 4:25 PM

Notice of Evidence Preservation

TO: Dan Adams, FOIA Officer, Loudoun County Public Schools

CC: Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff; Jennifer Painter, Division Counsel

RE: FORMAL NOTICE OF EVIDENCE PRESERVATION: Records Cited in March 6 Rebuttal

DEAR MR. ADAMS,

Pursuant to the Final Notice of Administrative Default served upon Marc Bergin today, you are hereby directed to immediately preserve all electronically stored information (ESI), metadata, and original records related to the following forensic points:

FOIA R002510-021526: Preserve all 944 records identified for production, including original metadata, audit trails, and version histories to prevent spoliation prior to the March 9 deadline, as well as all evidence associated with outstanding FOIA requests.
Digital Platform Access Logs: Preserve all login and activity logs for the LCPS FOIA portal and ParentVUE (Synergy) from February 9, 2026, to the present.
Surveillance Metadata: Preserve all District-managed logs and search histories regarding the monitoring of my professional LinkedIn profile between February 24 and March 3, 2026.
Coordinated Communications: Preserve all communications (emails, SMS, internal messaging) between LCPS Administration, Principal Nick Cottone, and QlikTech, Inc. (specifically regarding Feyi Obafemi), and Troxel Leigh P.C., including but not limited to Lindsay Mohler and Gareth Bowen.

LEGAL WARNING: Any "routine purging" or deletion of this data following this notice will be documented as Willful Spoliation of Evidence in upcoming state and federal proceedings.

Sincerely, Steven Rubis

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Fri, Mar 6, 2026 at 4:39 PM

TO: Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff

CC: Jennifer Painter, Kate Ridgeway, Dan Adams, LCSO/Leesburg Police

DATE: March 6, 2026

RE: SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF AGGRAVATED RETALIATION: Immediate Targeting of Minor Child Beau Rubis

MR. BERGIN,

At approximately 4:25 PM ET today, I served you with a Final Notice of Administrative Default regarding the criminalization of my civil rights and the targeting of my son, Charles Rubis.

At 4:34 PM ET—less than 10 minutes later—I received a disciplinary email from Dr. Kate Ridgeway regarding my other son, Beau Rubis, imposing an "alternate recess" for Monday.

I. PROXIMATE RETALIATION The arrival of a disciplinary notice regarding a second minor child within minutes of a formal legal escalation against the District is a clear act of Proximate Retaliation. This sequence proves that LCPS is utilizing its disciplinary authority over students with disabilities as a weapon to intimidate a whistleblower parent.

II. EXPANSION OF FORENSIC RECORD This incident is being immediately added to:

The Federal OCR Complaint: As evidence of a District-wide pattern of retaliating against the siblings of a student whose rights were already violated.
The NJ and PA Bar Complaints: As proof of the "Aggravated Malice" used by LCPS and its vendor-proxies to coerce a witness.

III. DEMAND FOR PRESERVATION I hereby demand the immediate preservation of all internal communications (email, SMS, and messaging) between Kate Ridgeway, Nick Cottone, and yourself between 4:00 PM and 4:40 PM ET today. The "10-minute window" between my legal notice and this disciplinary action will be utilized as forensic proof of State-Sanctioned Harassment.

IV. CEASE AND DESIST The District is hereby ordered to Cease and Desist all retaliatory actions against my minor children. Any attempt to alter Beau Rubis’s educational environment or recess status on Monday will be treated as a willful violation of the Anti-Retaliation Safe Harbor notice served earlier this afternoon.

Respectfully,

Steven Rubis

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Fri, Mar 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM

TO: Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff

CC: Dan Adams, John Clark, Rae Mitchell, Paige Carter, Nick Cottone, Kate Ridgeway, W. John Brewer, Neri Gonzalez, Beth Robinson, LCSO/Leesburg Police

RE: ADDENDUM TO FINAL NOTICE: Material Breach and Administrative Bad Faith

MR. BERGIN,

To complete the record for the weekend, please note the following additional forensic discrepancies which further establish a pattern of Coordinated Retaliation:

Material Breach of FOIA Contract: As noted in preliminary discussions with the Virginia FOIA Advisory Council, the District’s acceptance of $559.70 followed by the tactical use of a "No-Trespass" order to block delivery constitutes a Material Breach and implicates Va. Code § 18.2-178 (Larceny by Trick). The District cannot "police-power" its way out of a financial contract.
Conflict of Interest (John Clark): Director John Clark’s summary rejection of my appeal—issued within 110 minutes of being served with an HRTD complaint naming him—is a forensic admission of Pre-Determined Bias. A decision rendered in such a timeframe, while under an active workforce investigation, is a nullity and a violation of administrative due process.
Newsletter Irregularity: I have noted that Principal Nick Cottone has ceased all public newsletter communications since February 8, 2026, coinciding exactly with my Federal OCR filing on February 9, 2026. This suggests an internal redirection of staff to prioritize "litigation defense" over educational transparency.

The District is reminded that "Incompetence" is not a legal defense for the systematic targeting of a whistleblower's children and the conversion of paid-for state records.

All deadlines previously cited for March 9, 2026, remain in effect.

Respectfully,

Steven Rubis

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Mon, Mar 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM

This communication is being distributed to all parties included in the February 24, 2024 correspondence to ensure a complete administrative and forensic record. A hardcopy of this email will be sent to LCPS via USPS Certified Mail return receipt requested on Friday, March 13, 2026.

Subject: FINAL NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE DEFAULT: Expiration of March 9 Deadline and Certification of Unrebutted Facts

To: Marc Bergin, Dan Adams CC: Jennifer Painter, Kate Ridgeway, Nick Cottone, John Clark, Rae Mitchell, Paige Carter, W. John Brewer, Neri Gonzalez, Beth Robinson, LCSO/Leesburg Police

MR. BERGIN,

The deadline of March 9, 2026, set forth in my March 6 forensic rebuttal and supplemental addendum, has expired. The District has failed to rescind the retaliatory No-Trespass order, deliver the 944 records (R002510), or rebut the forensic evidence of coordinated fraud.

I. NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE DEFAULT AND RATIFICATION

This certification of default follows the summary rejection of my February 28, 2026, appeal by Director John Clark.
On March 4, 2026, within 110 minutes of being served with LCPS HRTD Workforce Complaint #21548, Mr. Clark issued a summary denial.
This sequence establishes a prima facie case of Aggravated Retaliation for protected activity.
By failing to address or rebut the forensic evidence presented, the District has Ratified a multi-agency conspiracy to protect the private interests of QlikTech, Inc., Qlik Associate General Counsel Feyi Obafemi, and Lindsay Mohler (Troxell Leigh P.C.).

Criminal Obstruction: This blockade was issued within 48 hours of my filing with the NJ Office of Attorney Ethics and the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board.
By barring access to the FOIA portal, the District is actively obstructing a statutory investigative process.
Larceny by Trick & Conversion: LCPS accepted $559.70 for FOIA Request R002510-021526.
Utilizing police power to withhold paid-for records constitutes Conversion and Larceny by Trick (Va. Code § 18.2-178).
Impediment of Debarment: This blockade serves no safety purpose; its sole function is to impede my whistleblower debarment petition against QlikTech by suppressing integrity-related audit trails and the 944 records due on March 9.
The "365-Day" Investigatory Blackout: The one-year duration is strategically calculated to "toll" active Bar investigations and criminalize my constitutionally protected reporting via Va. Code § 18.2-119.

III. CONSPIRATORIAL MISUSE OF POLICE POWER The District has "rented" the enforcement power of the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) and Leesburg Police to facilitate a private legal advantage for Lindsay Mohler.

The 12/12/23 Incident: Principal Nick Cottone coordinated with Officer Timothy Iversen (LCSO) to unlawfully interrogate me without a criminal predicate while I was in Chicago.
The planning of this interrogation occurred when no legal grounds existed for such collaboration; it was a conspiratorial misuse of police power to gain a private legal advantage for Ms. Mohler.
State Action Doctrine: This coordination establishes that LCPS is operating as a State Actor on behalf of a private law firm in violation of the 14th Amendment and 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Sheriff's Office Blockade: The LCSO is currently being utilized as an instrument of obstruction to prevent my retrieval of paid FOIA records regarding the Mohler-Cottone-Iversen nexus, effectively criminalizing the retrieval of evidence of their own misconduct.

IV. TARGETED RETALIATION AGAINST A MINOR CHILD (SECTION 504/ADA) The District is utilizing my son, Charles Rubis, a student on an active IEP, as a retaliatory pawn.

Targeting of a Student: My son Charles Rubis confirmed that Principal Nick Cottone singled him out during a Seneca Ridge Middle School field trip (Feb 2026), specifically identifying him as "Rex’s brother" to intimidate me during an active grievance.
Milestone Obstruction: The timing of the No-Trespass order (2/24) was purposefully calculated to prohibit my attendance at Charles's Lowes Island Elementary Variety Show (2/27) following my Federal OCR Complaint on Feb 9.
This constitutes Proximate Retaliation against a child with a disability.
Retaliation Against Beau Rubis: Within 10 minutes of my March 6 legal filing, I received a disciplinary notice from Dr. Kate Ridgeway regarding my other son, Beau Rubis, imposing an "alternate recess".
This sequence serves as a forensic marker of state-sanctioned harassment against all children in the household.

Unauthorized Professional Surveillance: Between February 24 and March 3, 2026, Loudoun County Public Schools emerged as one of the top five most frequent searchers of my professional LinkedIn profile.
Intent to "Starve Out": In the absence of a legitimate educational or safety predicate, this surveillance is a malicious attempt to "starve out" a whistleblower by interfering with my job search.
This unauthorized stalking is actively impacting my livelihood.

VI. PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF VENDOR PROTECTIONISM AND MATERIAL BREACH

Administrative Default of Certified Notices: This certification of default is the result of LCPS’s failure to respond to seven (7) USPS Certified Mail communications.
This creates an unrebutted record of Constructive Evasion.
Evidence from March 9 Invoice: At 4:23 PM today, FOIA Officer Dan Adams issued Invoice #INV26-R002510-1 for $65.14 regarding correspondence between LCPS and Qlik.
This invoice constitutes prima facie evidence that the February 24 "Digital Blockade" was a retaliatory strike issued on behalf of government vendor QlikTech, Inc. and its employee, Feyi Obafemi.
The Litigation Paradox: The District’s willingness to continue FOIA "business"—specifically regarding records documenting collusion—while maintaining a police-enforced "security" ban, proves the No-Trespass order is a retaliatory legal fiction.

VII. FINAL DEMAND FOR RELIEF AND STATUS OF THE RECORD The forensic record is now closed. The District’s non-responsiveness serves as a Constructive Admission that LCPS is protecting QlikTech, Inc., Qlik Associate General Counsel Feyi Obafemi, private counsel Lindsay Mohler, and her law firm Troxell Leigh P.C..

Demand for Articulated Threat: The District's failure to articulate a specific, credible threat by the March 9 deadline is treated as an admission that the security pretext is a fraudulent fabrication.
Certification of Default: This record—supported by the District's own March 9 invoice—is being immediately submitted to the NJ Office of Attorney Ethics, the PA Disciplinary Board, the VA Office of the Attorney General, and the Federal OCR.
Service of Process: A hardcopy of this certification of default will be served via USPS Certified Mail - Return Receipt Requested to Marc Bergin on Friday, March 13, 2026.

VIII. COMPREHENSIVE SAFE HARBOR AND ANTI-RETALIATION DECLARATION This communication constitutes a formal "Petition for Redress of Grievances" protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Constitution of Virginia.

Protected Activity: This notice is a protected activity under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the ADA, Va. Code § 2.2-3011, and LCPS Policy 7561.
Notice of Witness Intimidation: Any attempt to utilize this forensic record as a basis for criminal prosecution, civil litigation, or family court retaliation by Lindsay Mohler, Feyi Obafemi, Troxell Leigh P.C., the attorneys of Troxell Leigh P.C., or QlikTech, Inc. will be documented as a willful act of witness intimidation and met with counter-claims for Abuse of Process and Malicious Prosecution.

Respectfully,

Steven Rubis

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 10:20 AM

This communication is being distributed to all parties included in the February 24, 2024 correspondence to ensure a complete administrative and forensic record. A hardcopy of this email will be sent to LCPS via USPS Certified Mail return receipt requested on Friday, March 13, 2026.

Subject: FINAL CERTIFICATION OF ADMISSION AND ENTRAPMENT: Forensic Confirmation of Public-Private Nexus and Demand for Production

To: Marc Bergin, Dan Adams CC: Jennifer Painter, Kate Ridgeway, Nick Cottone, John Clark, Matteo Murrelle, LCSO/Leesburg Police

MR. BERGIN,

Following the expiration of the March 9 deadline and the certification of your administrative default at midnight, the District’s FOIA response at 3:26 PM, on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, serves as a Forensic Admission of the State-Actor Collusion led by Lindsay Mohler and Troxell Leigh P.C. This nexus explicitly includes QlikTech, Inc., its Associate General Counsel Feyi Obafemi, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), and LCPS.

I. ADMISSION OF STATE-ACTOR COLLUSION (R002480)

Forensic Admission of Nexus: By withholding 172 pages of correspondence with private attorney Lindsay Mohler under a claim of Attorney-Client Privilege (Va. Code § 2.2-3705.1(2)), the District has formally admitted to an unlawful legal coordination with a private third party.
Unlawful Assertion of Privilege: I hereby certify for the record that Lindsay Mohler, Troxell Leigh P.C., and their associated attorneys are not employees of LCPS and do not represent LCPS in any official capacity. LCPS has no legal claim to exert privilege over communications with an unrelated private attorney regarding private civil matters involving myself and my ex-wife.
Prima Facie Admission of the "Renting" of Public Resources: The assertion of privilege represents a prima facie admission of the "renting" of LCPS and LCSO to facilitate private legal interests and cause me physical and legal harm in December 2023. There was no legal or safety predicate for Mohler to be in communication with Nick Cottone (Principal, Seneca Ridge MS) or Timothy Iversen (LCSO); rather, legal billing records and Cottone’s October 13, 2023 administrative fraud (falsifying reports to superiors to create a "threat" profile) illustrate that this privilege is being asserted solely to shield the unlawful coordination between LCPS, LCSO, Mohler, and Troxell Leigh P.C.
Motive for Lawless Obstruction: By claiming attorney-client privilege over these communications and issuing a retaliatory No-Trespass order, LCPS is explicitly admitting to a State-Actor relationship. The only reason LCPS would claim false privilege and issue a No-Trespass order is to ensure I am unable to obtain the evidence uncovered regarding these FOIA requests; the contents are so damaging to LCPS and the other actors, including but not limted to Lindsay Mohler, Gareth Bowen, Troxel Leigh P.C., QlikTech, Inc., Qlik associate counsel Feyi Obafemi, and LCSO, involved that the District has chosen to break the law to block the release of this data. This represents a significant Civil Rights violation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
The Digital Link to Qlik and Obafemi: The expansion of the February 24 No-Trespass order to encompass all LCPS digital platforms serves as the explicit forensic link to QlikTech, Inc. and Feyi Obafemi. By utilizing police power to terminate my access to the FOIA portal, the District is performing a defensive, retaliatory strike on behalf of its vendor to suppress integrity-related audit trails and the 944 records currently in default, as well as additional FOIA requests which now encompass 1,141+ responsive records.

II. INCORPORATION OF FOIA COUNCIL OPINION

Individual Liability (§ 2.2-3714): The Council notes that courts hold individuals accountable for "willful and knowing" violations based on their specific actions.
Bad Faith Stonewalling: The decision to withhold 944 paid records while inviting further payment constitutes the type of "stonewalling" and "bad faith" penalized in Harki v. VDOC.
Contractual Material Breach: Utilizing a police-enforced "No-Trespass" order to void a financial contract is a Material Breach (4A M.J. Contracts § 73).

III. NOTICE OF ENTRAPMENT AND DEMAND FOR PHYSICAL PRODUCTION

Refusal to Participate in Digital Entrapment: I will not log in to the portal, as the February 24 No-Trespass order prohibits my access to LCPS digital platforms. Any invitation to log in is a bad-faith attempt to manufacture a "trespass" violation.
Consolidated Demand for Physical Delivery: I hereby demand the immediate physical mailing of all 1,141+ responsive records from R002510, R002480, R002437, and R002450.
Larceny by Trick: Retention of my $559.70 while seeking further payments for Qlik-related records constitutes Larceny by Trick (Va. Code § 18.2-178).

IV. SAFE HARBOR AND NOTICE OF PRESERVATION

First Amendment Protection: This communication is a protected Petition for Redress of Grievances under the U.S. and Virginia Constitutions.
Anti-Retaliation Safe Harbor: This notice is a protected activity under Section 504, the ADA, and Va. Code § 2.2-3011.
Evidence Preservation: You are hereby directed to preserve all native files, metadata, and communications involving Lindsay Mohler, Troxell Leigh P.C., QlikTech, Inc., Feyi Obafemi, and the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.

Respectfully,

Steven Rubis

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 8:57 AM

This communication is being distributed to all parties included in the February 24, 2024 correspondence to ensure a complete administrative and forensic record. A hardcopy of this email will be sent to LCPS via USPS Certified Mail return receipt requested on Friday, March 13, 2026.

FORMAL OBJECTION TO PROPOSED IEP MEETING AND NOTICE OF AGGRAVATED RETALIATION

DATE: March 13, 2026

VIA: USPS Certified Mail – Return Receipt Requested

RE: CANCELLATION OF APRIL 7 IEP MEETING; OBJECTION TO RETALIATORY MATRICULATION; AND NOTICE OF PERSONAL LIABILITY

This communication serves as a formal objection to the communications received from Mara Moreland and Cheryl Shotwell on March 12/13, 2026. These communications are being incorporated into my pending Federal OCR Complaint and VDOE/ODRAS filings as evidence of a coordinated effort to deprive me of my Parental Rights under the IDEA and Section 504.

I. VOIDANCE OF UNILATERAL SCHEDULING (PROCEDURAL VIOLATION) Ms. Moreland’s email stating she has "scheduled" a meeting for April 7 is a violation of the IDEA’s requirement for "Meaningful Parental Participation."

1. Administrative Accommodation Ignored: I have repeatedly requested administrative accommodations regarding Ms. Moreland due to her history of excluding me from IEP proceedings (Nov 2023).

2. The Digital Trap: Ms. Moreland provided only a virtual Google Meet link. As of February 24, 2026, I am under a No-Trespass Order from John Clark that prohibits my access to "all LCPS digital platforms." By forcing me into a digital-only meeting while threatening me with criminal trespass for using digital platforms, LCPS is engaged in Bad-Faith Entrapment.

3. Conflict of Interest: Ms. Moreland is the subject of an active workforce complaint. Her continued involvement in my son’s file is a retaliatory strike.

II. OBJECTION TO RETALIATORY MATRICULATION (SENECA RIDGE) Any discussion or presumption that my son, Charles, will matriculate to Seneca Ridge Middle School represents Aggravated Retaliation against both myself and my minor child.

Safety Predicate: Principal Nick Cottone (Seneca Ridge) is a named respondent in my Federal OCR complaint and a primary actor in the fraudulent "Paper Trap" coordination with LCSO.
Prior Retaliation: On February 12, 2026, Mr. Cottone targeted and interrogated my son in retaliation for my protected advocacy.
Notice of Objection: I formally object to any placement that puts my child under the administrative authority of Nick Cottone. Any attempt by LCPS to force this matriculation will be treated as a willful act to cause emotional and educational harm to a student with a disability.

III. NOTICE OF PERSONAL LIABILITY Be advised that the "Shield of Office" does not protect individual employees who willfully violate established Civil Rights and Federal Safeguards.

** Mara Moreland, Cheryl Shotwell, Dr. Kate Ridgeway and involved supervisors are hereby put on notice:** Your participation in this coordinated "Digital Blockade" and the attempt to force a retaliatory school placement opens you to personal liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the deprivation of rights under color of law.
Safe Harbor: This response is a protected activity under Va. Code § 2.2-3011 and the Anti-Retaliation provisions of the ADA.

IV. DEMAND FOR REMEDY

Rescind the April 7 meeting notice immediately.
Remove Mara Moreland from my son’s case per my previous accommodation requests.
Provide an alternative, neutral matriculation path that bypasses Seneca Ridge Middle School to ensure my son’s safety and my ability to participate in his education without the threat of retaliatory police intervention.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis

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LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 2:39 PM

To: John Clark <John.Clark@lcps.org>, mark.bergin@lcps.org, Rae Mitchell <Rae.Mitchell@lcps.org>, Paige Carter <paige.carter@lcps.org>, Nick Cottone <Nick.Cottone@lcps.org>, Kate Ridgeway <Kate.Ridgeway@lcps.org>, "W. John Brewer" <john.brewer@lcps.org>, neri.gonzales@lcps.org, beth.robinson@lcps.org, sheriff@loudoun.gov, police@leesburgva.gov, dan.adams@lcps.org, Mara Moreland <Mara.Moreland@lcps.org>, Celesta Lewis <celesta.lewis@lcps.org>

This communication is being distributed to all parties included in the February 24, 2024 correspondence to ensure a complete administrative and forensic record. A hardcopy of this email will be sent to LCPS via USPS Certified Mail return receipt requested on Friday, March 13, 2026.

FORMAL OBJECTION TO PREDETERMINED IEP MEETING AND NOTICE OF DIGITAL ENTRAPMENT (BEAU RUBIS)

DATE: March 13, 2026

VIA: USPS Certified Mail – Return Receipt Requested

RE: CANCELLATION OF APRIL 13 IEP MEETING; NOTICE OF PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARD VIOLATIONS; AND AGGRAVATED RETALIATION (BEAU RUBIS)

This communication serves as a formal objection to the email received from Celesta Lewis on March 13, 2026, regarding my son, Beau Rubis. This notice is being incorporated into my pending Federal OCR Complaint as further evidence of a coordinated effort by Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) to utilize a "Digital Blockade" to facilitate the parental erasure and professional harassment of a whistleblower.

I. BAD-FAITH DIGITAL ENTRAPMENT The scheduling of this meeting for April 13 represents a calculated attempt at legal entrapment.

The Conflict of Orders: Ms. Lewis has provided a Google Meet virtual link for a mandated IEP meeting. However, the February 24, 2026, No-Trespass Order issued by John Clark explicitly forbids my access to "all LCPS digital platforms" and "virtual resources".
The Trap: By providing a virtual-only link for a mandatory parental meeting while maintaining a criminal ban on my use of digital resources, LCPS is attempting to manufacture a criminal trespass violation. I will not participate in this digital entrapment.

II. VIOLATION OF PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS & PREDETERMINATION

Under the IDEA, parents must be afforded "Meaningful Participation" in the IEP process.

Unilateral Scheduling: Dictating a meeting time without regard for parental availability or the current administrative blockade constitutes Predetermination and a systemic failure of procedural safeguards.
Constructive Exclusion: By maintaining a police-enforced ban that prevents me from accessing the digital data required for IEP preparation—and then scheduling a meeting via those same banned platforms—LCPS has constructively excluded me from my son’s educational team.

III. NOTICE OF PERSONAL LIABILITY & AGGRAVATED RETALIATION This communication follows my recent formal reports of administrative fraud and vendor collusion involving QlikTech, Inc. and LCPS.

Retaliatory Pincer: Using my second son’s IEP meeting as a tool for further harassment constitutes Aggravated Retaliation.
Personal Liability: Celesta Lewis and her supervisors are hereby put on notice: Participation in a coordinated "Digital Blockade" to strip a parent of civil and educational rights under color of law carries personal liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

IV. DEMAND FOR REMEDY

Rescind the April 13 meeting notice for Beau Rubis immediately.
Cease all attempts to utilize digital-only "virtual links" as a substitute for meaningful participation while the digital No-Trespass order remains in effect.
Provide a neutral, third-party physical or non-LCPS digital venue for all future meetings to ensure the safety and participation of all parties.

Sincerely,

Steven A. Rubis

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Sat, Mar 14, 2026 at 8:38 AM

Subject: SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE: Forensic Admission of Visitation Interference and Multi-Pronged Retaliation (R002480-012526)

TO: Marc Bergin, Dan Adams CC: Jennifer Painter, Kate Ridgeway, Nick Cottone, John Clark, Matteo Murrelle, LCSO/Leesburg Police

MR. BERGIN,

I am in receipt of the March 13 correspondence (attached) regarding the cancellation of my court-ordered visitation for the weekend of March 20–22. This cancellation is the direct and intended result of the Public-Private Nexus and the retaliatory No-Trespass order maintained by the District.

I. ADMISSION OF INTERFERENCE WITH PARENTAL RIGHTS

Manufactured Conflict: Sporting events for my children have been scheduled at LCPS facilities during my legally prescribed visitation. Because the District maintains a pretextual No-Trespass order against me—an order that was expanded to digital platforms to block FOIA access—I am physically and legally barred from these locations.
State-Actor Nexus in Family Law: The District’s refusal to rescind this order, while simultaneously coordinating with private attorney Lindsay Mohler (as evidenced by the 172-page "privileged" correspondence admission), has resulted in the de facto termination of my parental visitation.

II. BLATANT RETALIATION AGAINST PROTECTED STUDENTS & WHISTLEBLOWER

Retaliation Against Charles and Beau Rubis: This interference constitutes blatant retaliation against my children, both of whom are protected under IEPs.
Retaliation for Protected Activity: This conduct is a direct response to Charles Rubis reporting the intimidation he endured at the hands of Nick Cottone on February 12, 2026, immediately following my Federal OCR complaint against Mr. Cottone on February 9.
Violation of Consent: On February 12, the District willfully violated my revocation of consent regarding Charles’s transport to Mr. Cottone’s school. The subsequent No-Trespass order and the current denial of my visitation are the "secondary strikes" intended to silence these reports.
Corporate Protectionism (Qlik/Obafemi): This "Digital Blockade" is also blatant retaliation for my debarment request against QlikTech, Inc. and the Bar Complaints filed against Feyi Obafemi. The District is utilizing police power to protect a corporate vendor and its employees from statutory oversight and ethical accountability.

III. NOTICE OF ENTRAPMENT AND DEMAND FOR REMEDY

Immediate Rescission: I hereby demand the immediate rescission of the February 24, 2026 No-Trespass order. It is being utilized as a mechanical tool for parental alienation, corporate protectionism, and student retaliation.
Material Breach & Larceny by Trick: Retention of my $559.70 while utilizing a No-Trespass order to block access to the records constitutes Larceny by Trick (Va. Code § 18.2-178) and a Material Breach of contract.
Consolidated Demand for Production: I reiterate my demand for the physical mailing of all 1,141+ responsive records from the defaulted FOIA requests to my address in Chicago.

IV. SAFE HARBOR AND NOTICE OF PRESERVATION

First Amendment Protection: This communication is a protected Petition for Redress of Grievances.
Anti-Retaliation Safe Harbor: This notice is a protected activity under Section 504, the ADA, and Va. Code § 2.2-3011.
Evidence Preservation: You are hereby directed to preserve all communications involving Nick Cottone, Lindsay Mohler, Feyi Obafemi, and QlikTech, Inc. regarding the coordination of this obstruction and visitation interference.

Respectfully,

Steven Rubis

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 5:16 PM

COMPREHENSIVE MASTER NOTICE: CERTIFICATION OF AGGRAVATED RETALIATION, ADMINISTRATIVE FRAUD, AND SYSTEMIC STATUTORY VIOLATIONS

DISTRIBUTION NOTICE: This communication is being distributed to all parties included in previous correspondence, as well as Superintendent Dr. Aaron Spence, the Loudoun County School Board, LCPS Legal Counsel, and the LCPS Ombuds to ensure a complete administrative and forensic record. A hardcopy of this notice will be sent to Marc Bergin via USPS Certified Mail - Return Receipt Requested on either March 30, 2026.

Date: March 27, 2026

Subject: COMPREHENSIVE MASTER NOTICE: Certification of No Legal Predicate, Selective Enforcement, and Multi-Pronged Statutory Violations (R002480 / No-Trespass 2/24)

TO: Marc Bergin, Dan Adams

CC: John Clark, Rae Mitchell, Paige Carter, Nick Cottone, Kate Ridgeway, W. John Brewer, Neri Gonzales, Beth Robinson, LCSO, Leesburg Police, Dan Adams, Mara Moreland, Celesta Lewis, Aaron Spence, LCPS School Board, LCPS Legal, LCPS Ombudsman

MR. BERGIN,

I am in receipt of the return receipt "green card" confirming your delivery of my March 13 certified mail on March 20, 2026. This represents the ninth (9th) USPS Certified Mail communication sent to the District that has failed to elicit a response. Your continued administrative silence certifies a bad-faith "Public-Private Nexus" in violation of the following:

Federal: 42 U.S.C. § 1983; 29 U.S.C. § 794 (Section 504); 42 U.S.C. § 12132 (ADA).
State of Virginia: Va. Code § 2.2-3700 (VFOIA); Va. Code § 18.2-178 (Larceny by Trick); Va. Code § 2.2-3011.
LCPS Policy: 1030 (Parental Involvement); 8040 (Student Rights); 2350 (Conflict of Interest).

I. CERTIFICATION OF ABSOLUTE LACK OF LEGAL PREDICATE

Zero Jurisdictional History: I hereby certify for the record that there are no active legal cases or actions, and there never have been any such actions in the past, involving my children, my parental rights, or my custody situation within the Loudoun County Court system.
Unlawful Nexus: Consequently, there is no lawful reason or legal predicate for the existence of 1,141+ responsive records of communication between private attorney Lindsay Mohler and LCPS.
Fraudulent Privilege Claim: Because Ms. Mohler is a private attorney with no representative contract or employment with LCPS, the assertion of Attorney-Client Privilege in the March 10 FOIA response (withholding 172 pages) is false, fraudulent, and an unlawful attempt to shield state-actor collusion.
Administrative Fraud (Ridgeway): This lack of predicate stands in direct contrast to the multiple workforce complaints I have filed against Principal Dr. Kate Ridgeway for explicit, retaliatory comments stating that I should "expect to have [my] parental rights changed."

II. EVIDENCE OF SELECTIVE ENTRAPMENT & AGGRAVATED RETALIATION

Solicitation of Funds (Brewer): At 6:05 PM CT on March 25, 2026, I received a voicemail from John Brewer (Principal, Dominion HS), an individual explicitly copied on the February 24 No-Trespass order, soliciting me for financial sponsorship for the "Dominion Golf Classic." Under LCPS Policy 2350, the District cannot logically define an individual as a "threat" necessitating police-enforced exclusion while simultaneously soliciting that individual for capital and community partnership. This solicitation waives any claim of a safety predicate.
Coordinated State Harassment (VA DSS): On March 20—the same day LCPS received my ninth certified mail—a retaliatory threat was issued via VA DSS alleging I was in "arrears" for support. I certify that I am not in arrears; this administrative "error" is documented as Aggravated Retaliation timed to my protected activity with LCPS.
SchooLinks/IEP Entrapment (March 27): The District issued a demand today for "critical" participation in Charles Rubis’s course plan and Beau Rubis's IEP via digital platforms I am currently blocked from accessing. Providing Google Meet links for mandatory meetings while maintaining a criminal ban on my use of digital resources constitutes Bad-Faith Entrapment and a violation of Section 504/ADA mandates.

III. SYSTEMIC RETALIATION AGAINST PROTECTED STUDENTS & WHISTLEBLOWER

Retaliation Against Charles and Beau Rubis: This interference constitutes blatant retaliation against my children, both of whom are protected under IEPs.
The February 12 Incident: The current "Digital Blockade" is a secondary strike for Charles Rubis reporting intimidation by Nick Cottone on February 12, 2026, following my Federal OCR complaint. The District's willful violation of my revoked consent for transport on that date constitutes a continuous retaliatory strike.
Corporate Protectionism (Qlik/Feyi Obafemi): This blockade is a defensive strike on behalf of vendor QlikTech, Inc. and its Associate General Counsel, Feyi Obafemi, to suppress integrity-related audit trails and my pending debarment request. This blockade was issued within 48 hours of my filing with the NJ Office of Attorney Ethics and the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board against Ms. Obafemi.

IV. MATERIAL BREACH & LARCENY BY TRICK

Retention of Funds: Retention of my $559.70 while utilizing a No-Trespass order to block access to records constitutes Larceny by Trick (Va. Code § 18.2-178) and a Material Breach of contract, as supported by the informal opinion of the Virginia FOIA Advisory Council.
Conspiratorial Misuse of Police Power (12/12/23): Principal Nick Cottone coordinated with Officer Timothy Iversen (LCSO) to unlawfully interrogate me without a criminal predicate while I was in Chicago to gain a private legal advantage for Lindsay Mohler.

V: FINAL DEMAND FOR REMEDY

Immediate Rescission: I reiterate my demand for the immediate rescission of the February 24, 2026 No-Trespass order.
Administrative Accommodation: I demand immediate administrative accommodation for all matters involving my children’s education, including SchooLinks and IEP processes, to be handled by a neutral party away from the influence and authority of Nick Cottone, Kate Ridgeway, and Seneca Ridge MS. As documented in my previous notices and active workforce complaints, the continued involvement of these individuals—given the 12/12/23 interrogation and subsequent retaliatory acts—constitutes a systemic conflict of interest and a violation of LCPS Policy 2350.
Physical Production: Produce all 1,141+ records via physical mail to my address in Chicago.
Waiver of Fees: I demand the waiver of all additional fees for the Qlik-related records (R002450) as a partial cure for the District’s default.
Evidence Availability: Comprehensive forensic evidence supporting every claim in this notice is available upon request.
Non-Waiver: My participation in any mandated student proceedings via restricted digital platforms is done under duress and does not constitute a waiver of my standing objection.

VI. SAFE HARBOR AND NOTICE OF PRESERVATION

This is a protected Petition for Redress of Grievances. You are directed to preserve all native files and communications involving Nick Cottone, Lindsay Mohler, Feyi Obafemi, Kate Ridgeway, John Brewer, Troxel Leigh P.C., and QlikTech, Inc. regarding this coordination.

Respectfully, Steven Rubis

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LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 5:28 PM

ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE: This communication represents an update to the administrative record to correct an error in the previous email regarding the specific forensic details of FOIA Request R002480-012526.

COMPREHENSIVE MASTER NOTICE: CERTIFICATION OF AGGRAVATED RETALIATION, ADMINISTRATIVE FRAUD, AND SYSTEMIC STATUTORY VIOLATIONS

Date: March 27, 2026

Subject: COMPREHENSIVE MASTER NOTICE: Certification of No Legal Predicate, Selective Enforcement, and Multi-Pronged Statutory Violations (R002480 / No-Trespass 2/24)

TO: Marc Bergin

CC: John Clark, Rae Mitchell, Paige Carter, Nick Cottone, Kate Ridgeway, W. John Brewer, Neri Gonzalez, Beth Robinson, LCSO, Leesburg Police, Dan Adams, Mara Moreland, Celesta Lewis, Aaron Spence, LCPS School Board, LCPS Legal, LCPS Ombudsman

MR. BERGIN,

I am in receipt of the return receipt "green card" confirming your receipt of my March 13 certified mail on March 20, 2026. This represents the ninth (9th) USPS Certified Mail communication sent to the District that has failed to elicit a response. Your continued administrative silence certifies a bad-faith "Public-Private Nexus" in violation of the following:

Federal: 42 U.S.C. § 1983; 29 U.S.C. § 794 (Section 504); 42 U.S.C. § 12132 (ADA).
State of Virginia: Va. Code § 2.2-3700 (VFOIA); Va. Code § 18.2-178 (Larceny by Trick); Va. Code § 2.2-3011.
LCPS Policy: 1030 (Parental Involvement); 8040 (Student Rights); 2350 (Conflict of Interest).

I. CERTIFICATION OF ABSOLUTE LACK OF LEGAL PREDICATE

Zero Jurisdictional History: I hereby certify for the record that there are no active legal cases or actions, and there never have been any such actions in the past, involving my children, my parental rights, or my custody situation within the Loudoun County Court system.
Unlawful Nexus (R002480): Per the District’s March 10 response, LCPS located records of correspondence between private attorney Lindsay Mohler (@tllawpc.com) and the District's executive and administrative staff. These records were identified using the specific search terms "Steven Rubis," "Seneca Ridge Middle School," and "workforce complaint." Because there is no litigation in Loudoun County, and these records involve myself and my children, there is no lawful reason or legal predicate for the existence of 1,141+ responsive records of communication between private attorney Lindsay Mohler and LCPS.
Fraudulent Privilege Claim: Because Ms. Mohler is a private attorney with no representative contract or employment with LCPS, the assertion of Attorney-Client Privilege in the March 10 FOIA response (withholding 172 pages) is false, fraudulent, and an unlawful attempt to shield state-actor collusion.
Administrative Fraud (Ridgeway): This lack of predicate stands in direct contrast to the multiple workforce complaints I have filed against Principal Dr. Kate Ridgeway for explicit, retaliatory comments stating that I should "expect to have [my] parental rights changed."

II. EVIDENCE OF SELECTIVE ENTRAPMENT & AGGRAVATED RETALIATION

Solicitation of Funds (Brewer): At 6:05 PM CT on March 25, 2026, I received a voicemail from John Brewer (Principal, Dominion HS), an individual explicitly copied on the February 24 No-Trespass order, soliciting me for financial sponsorship for the "Dominion Golf Classic." Under LCPS Policy 2350, the District cannot logically define an individual as a "threat" necessitating police-enforced exclusion while simultaneously soliciting that individual for capital and community partnership. This solicitation waives any claim of a safety predicate.
Coordinated State Harassment (VA DSS): On March 20—the same day LCPS received my ninth certified mail—a retaliatory threat was issued via VA DSS alleging I was in "arrears" for support. I certify that I am not in arrears; this administrative "error" is documented as Aggravated Retaliation timed to my protected activity with LCPS.
SchooLinks/IEP Entrapment (March 27): The District issued a demand today for "critical" participation in Charles Rubis’s course plan and Beau Rubis's IEP via digital platforms I am currently blocked from accessing. Providing Google Meet links for mandatory meetings while maintaining a criminal ban on my use of digital resources constitutes Bad-Faith Entrapment and a violation of Section 504/ADA mandates.

III. SYSTEMIC RETALIATION AGAINST PROTECTED STUDENTS & WHISTLEBLOWER

Retaliation Against Charles and Beau Rubis: This interference constitutes blatant retaliation against my children, both of whom are protected under IEPs.
The February 12 Incident: The current "Digital Blockade" is a secondary strike for Charles Rubis reporting intimidation by Nick Cottone on February 12, 2026, following my Federal OCR complaint. The District's willful violation of my revoked consent for transport on that date constitutes a continuous retaliatory strike.
Corporate Protectionism (Qlik/Feyi Obafemi): This blockade is a defensive strike on behalf of vendor QlikTech, Inc. and its Associate General Counsel, Feyi Obafemi, to suppress integrity-related audit trails and my pending debarment request. This blockade was issued within 48 hours of my filing with the NJ Office of Attorney Ethics and the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board against Ms. Obafemi.

IV. MATERIAL BREACH & LARCENY BY TRICK

Retention of Funds: Retention of my $559.70 while utilizing a No-Trespass order to block access to records constitutes Larceny by Trick (Va. Code § 18.2-178) and a Material Breach of contract, as supported by the informal opinion of the Virginia FOIA Advisory Council.
Conspiratorial Misuse of Police Power (12/12/23): Principal Nick Cottone coordinated with Officer Timothy Iversen (LCSO) to unlawfully interrogate me without a criminal predicate while I was in Chicago to gain a private legal advantage for Lindsay Mohler.

V. FINAL DEMAND FOR REMEDY

Immediate Rescission: I reiterate my demand for the immediate rescission of the February 24, 2026 No-Trespass order.
Administrative Accommodation: I demand immediate administrative accommodation for all matters involving my children’s education, including SchooLinks and IEP processes, to be handled by a neutral party away from the influence and authority of Nick Cottone, Kate Ridgeway, and Seneca Ridge MS. As documented in my previous notices and active workforce complaints, the continued involvement of these individuals—given the 12/12/23 interrogation and subsequent retaliatory acts—constitutes a systemic conflict of interest and a violation of LCPS Policy 2350.
Physical Production: Produce all 1,141+ records via physical mail to my address in Chicago.
Waiver of Fees: I demand the waiver of all additional fees for the Qlik-related records (R002450) as a partial cure for the District’s default.
Evidence Availability: Comprehensive forensic evidence supporting every claim in this notice is available upon request.
Non-Waiver: My participation in any mandated student proceedings via restricted digital platforms is done under duress and does not constitute a waiver of my standing objection.

VI. SAFE HARBOR AND NOTICE OF PRESERVATION

This is a protected Petition for Redress of Grievances. You are directed to preserve all native files and communications involving Nick Cottone, Lindsay Mohler, Feyi Obafemi, Kate Ridgeway, John Brewer, Troxel Leigh P.C., and QlikTech, Inc. regarding this coordination.

Respectfully,

Steven Rubis

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LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 2:51 PM

Dear Mr Bergin,

I just called and left you a voice mail message in regards to the non responsiveness of LCPS to my nine USPS Certified Mail return receipt requested letters sent to LCPS.

Additionally, my voice mail inquites about the fraudulent no trespass order issued by your office on February 24, 2026.

Here is the tracking number for my 9th USPS Certified Mail return receipt requested letter to LCPS

Tracking: 9589071052704032075408

Please advise as to when I can expect a response. At this point, LCPS has committed several acts of aggravated retaliation against me in response to my undertaking legally protected action. The fraudulent no-trespass order among them. LCPS has failed to provide any clarification or justification of the no trespass order illustrated by this email chain.

Steve Rubis

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 4:05 PM

SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE: CERTIFICATION OF FINANCIAL LARCENY, ADMINISTRATIVE ENTRAPMENT, AND TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE

ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE: This communication represents a formal update to the administrative record and is a protected Petition for Redress of Grievances.

Date: April 1, 2026

Subject: SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE: Forensic Admission of Selective Communication, Financial Larceny, and Professional Surveillance (Reference # R002480-012526)

TO: Marc Bergin

CC: Dr. Aaron Spence, LCPS School Board, LCPS Legal, LCPS Ombuds, HRTD, LCSO, Leesburg Police, et al.

MR. BERGIN,

I am in receipt of an automated "Negative Meal Account Balance Notice" dated April 1, 2026, demanding $8.60. This communication, sent while the District ignores nine certified notices (this email will mark 10 notices) and 20 pages of forensic evidence, certifies the following:

I. FINANCIAL LARCENY AND MATERIAL BREACH

Retention of FOIA Funds: The District continues to retain $559.70 of my personal funds for records (R002450) while utilizing the February 24 No-Trespass order to block my access to those very records.
Bad-Faith Financial Demands: It is a violation of Va. Code § 18.2-178 (Larceny by Trick) for the District to withhold over $500 in paid services while simultaneously issuing automated demands for an $8.60 meal debt.

II. PROFESSIONAL TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE AND ECONOMIC DAMAGES

Systemic Blacklisting: I have applied to over 1,835 executive-level roles for which I am highly qualified, yet I have been rejected from all. This is a direct result of the District’s fraudulent "threat" label and police-enforced exclusion.
Unauthorized Stalking: Between February 24 and March 3, 2026, LCPS was documented as a primary viewer of my professional LinkedIn profile. This surreptitious monitoring constitutes Tortious Interference with Business Expectancy.

III. CONSTITUTIONAL DEPRIVATION OF DUE PROCESS (VFOIA PORTAL)

Statutory Infringement: Because LCPS requires the use of a digital portal to submit and retrieve records, the "Digital No-Trespass" order effectively criminalizes my exercise of rights under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Va. Code § 2.2-3700).
Due Process Violation: Utilizing police power to block a citizen's access to the mandatory statutory portal for government transparency constitutes a Deprivation of Due Process under the 14th Amendment. The District cannot legally utilize a local administrative order to nullify a state-mandated statutory right.

IV. ADMINISTRATIVE ENTRAPMENT AND SOLICITATION OF CRIME

Solicitation of Trespass: The 4/1/26 notice directs me to pay by "logging into your student's meal account". Since the District's "Digital Blockade" criminalizes my access to LCPS platforms, this demand constitutes a documented attempt to solicit a misdemeanor trespass violation.
Selective Enforcement: The District’s ability to automate financial demands while claiming a "security-based" inability to respond to forensic evidence of fraud proves the No-Trespass order is a fraudulent instrument of retaliation.

V. SAFE HARBOR AND ANTI-RETALIATION PROTECTIONS

Whistleblower Status: This filing is a protected activity under Va. Code § 2.2-3011 and LCPS Policy 7561. Any "adverse action" taken by LCPS, Marc Bergin, private counsel Lindsay Mohler, QlikTech, Inc. (Qlik), or Feyi Obafemi in response to this notice will be documented as Aggravated Retaliation.
Non-Waiver: My response to your financial solicitations is done under duress to preserve my children's access to nutrition and does not constitute a waiver of my standing objection to the No-Trespass order.

VI. FINAL DEMAND FOR REMEDY Rescind the No-Trespass order immediately and produce physical copies of the 1,141+ responsive records and all responsive records associated with all of my outstanding FOIA requests to my address in Chicago. The District has placed me in an illogical and illegal position: LCPS refuses to respond to my evidence, yet if I exercise my parental rights, comply with your financial demands, or attempt to exercise my statutory rights under VFOIA, I face criminal prosecution. This is an unlawful and unconstitutional use of police power to suppress a citizen's protected activity.

Respectfully, Steven Rubis

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LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 12:19 PM

VIA EMAIL AND USPS CERTIFIED MAIL (RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED)

DATE: April 6, 2026

RE: FORMAL OBJECTION TO IEP MEETING SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 7, 2026; NOTICE OF PROCEDURAL VIOLATIONS; AND DECLARATION OF PERSONAL LIABILITY

To the Loudoun County Public School (LCPS) Administration:

This letter serves as a formal objection and Notice of Non-Participation regarding the Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting unilaterally scheduled for my son, Charles Rubis, on April 7, 2026. Please be advised that any attempt to convene this meeting in my absence—or under the current conditions of digital and physical exclusion—constitutes a willful violation of federal and state law, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Virginia Administrative Code (8VAC20-81-170).

I. Timeliness of Objection and Administrative Estoppel

LCPS is hereby estopped from claiming this objection is untimely or that the District was unaware of my scheduling conflict. I provided immediate written notice of my objection to this meeting via email on March 13, 2026, less than 48 hours after the initial notice was sent by Mara Moreland. Furthermore, I sent formal documentation and a restatement of this objection via USPS Certified Mail (Return Receipt Requested), which was confirmed as received by LCPS on March 20, 2026.

LCPS has had sixteen (16) days to respond to my objection and has willfully chosen to remain silent. By ignoring these communications and attempting to proceed with the meeting on April 7, LCPS is engaging in a "bad-faith" maneuver intended to manufacture a record of "parental non-cooperation" while I am being actively ignored by administration.

II. Violation of Mandated Parental Participation (IDEA & 8VAC20-81-170)

Under federal law (34 CFR § 300.501) and state regulation (8VAC20-81-170), LCPS is legally mandated to ensure that the parent of a child with a disability is a member of any group that makes decisions on the educational placement of the child. Furthermore, 8VAC20-81-170(B) requires LCPS to schedule meetings at a "mutually agreed on time and place."

By dictating a date and time without consultation and refusing to acknowledge or respond to my March 13th and March 20th notices, LCPS is in direct violation of these procedural safeguards. I have Joint Legal Custody as affirmed in my Marital Settlement Agreement (Case No. CL21-6851) and the resulting Final Order of Divorce. My participation is a non-discretionary legal requirement; proceeding without me is a calculated attempt to bypass federal law and predetermine my son’s educational outcomes.

III. The "Digital Trap" and the Fraudulent No-Trespass Order

On February 24, 2026, John Clark issued a "No-Trespass" order that purports to cover all physical and digital platforms of LCPS. While I have timely appealed this order—appeals which were summarily denied in under 110 minutes or ignored entirely—it remains in effect as a tool of administrative exclusion.

By providing a Google Meet link for a mandatory meeting while simultaneously forbidding my access to all LCPS digital platforms under the February 24 order, LCPS has created a "Digital Blockade" and a "Bad-Faith Entrapment." I cannot "attend" a virtual meeting on a platform from which I am legally barred by your own Security Director. This is a manufactured effort to exclude me from my son’s IEP process.

IV. Documented Pattern of Systematic Exclusion (2023-2026)

The current exclusion is not an isolated incident but a continuation of a pattern previously acknowledged by LCPS. As documented in correspondence with Dr. Kate Puschak and Chrystal Thompson in May 2024, LCPS was previously put on notice regarding "unprofessional and biased behavior" and the failure to provide documentation prior to IEP meetings for over two years.

My records from May 1 and May 7, 2024, prove that staff had already established a history of discriminatory behavior based on my status as a divorced father. Repeating these exact failures in 2026, after they were formally brought to your attention in 2024, demonstrates a willful and systematic violation of civil rights. Furthermore, I formally object to the participation of Mara Moreland, who is the subject of open workforce complaints and a history of prohibiting my participation (dating back to November 2023), creating a clear conflict of interest under LCPS Policy 2350.

V. State-Actor Nexus, Administrative Fraud, and Obstruction (Va. Code § 2.2-3011, § 18.2-460)

On March 10, 2026, Dan Adams (LCPS) issued a FOIA response explicitly claiming attorney-client privilege over communications between the District and Lindsay Mohler of the firm Troxel Leigh P.C. Because Lindsay Mohler and Troxel Leigh P.C. are private counsel for my ex-wife and do not represent LCPS, this claim is a legal impossibility and an explicit admission of a state-actor nexus.

This collusion is a "backdoor" attempt to bypass the IDEA Procedural Safeguards (34 CFR § 300.501), which mandate parental inclusion in decision-making groups. Furthermore, I cite Va. Code § 18.2-460 (Obstructing Justice), as this collusion with private counsel is a clear attempt to impede the administration of justice in my ongoing legal matters. This constitutes "Abuse" under the Virginia Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Protection Act (Va. Code § 2.2-3011), defined as the arbitrary use of an agency to serve the personal purpose of a third party.

VI. Retaliation and Physical Misconduct (ADA & Va. Code § 22.1-289.044)

There is an active Federal OCR complaint regarding Principal Nick Cottone. This complaint includes a recent incident where Mr. Cottone inappropriately sought out my son and physically touched him during an event for which I had explicitly revoked consent for my son's participation.

Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Va. Code § 22.1-289.044, it is unlawful for a school division to retaliate or discriminate against any person who in good faith complains regarding the treatment of a student with a disability. The physical interference with my son by an administrator currently under investigation for retaliation—coupled with the fraudulent No-Trespass order—represents an egregious breach of safety and law.

VII. Notice of Personal Legal Liability

"Qualified Immunity" does not protect officials who willfully violate clearly established constitutional and statutory rights. Each participant in the April 7 meeting is hereby placed on notice that they are acting outside the scope of their authority and are subject to personal civil liability for First Amendment retaliation and witness intimidation. I intend to seek all available remedies, including "SLAPP-back" litigation under Virginia’s updated Anti-SLAPP statutes and personal civil actions against the individuals named herein.

VIII. Safe Harbor and Whistleblower Declaration

This communication is a Protected Activity and a report of suspected wrongdoing under Va. Code § 2.2-3011. It is sent in good faith to correct a record of administrative abuse. Any attempt to use the volume of these filings as a basis for further "nuisance" sanctions will be documented as Aggravated Retaliation for a communication crisis manufactured by the District’s own non-responsiveness.

REQUIRED ACTION:

CANCEL the IEP meeting scheduled for April 7, 2026.
RESCHEDULE for a date and time that is mutually agreeable.
VACATE the No-Trespass order to allow for my meaningful participation.
REMOVE Mara Moreland from this case immediately.

Failure to comply will result in an immediate filing of a Due Process Complaint and the inclusion of these events in all pending Federal OCR investigations, and future Federal OCR Complaint filings.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis

(Joint Legal Custodian)

(202) 997-4815

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Tue, Apr 7, 2026 at 2:05 PM

VIA EMAIL (URGENT - FORENSIC RECORD)

DATE: April 7, 2026

RE: NOTICE OF PROCEDURAL BUST; FORMAL OBJECTION TO SHAM IEP PROCEEDINGS; AND SUPPLEMENTAL EVIDENCE OF PREDETERMINATION

To the Loudoun County Public School (LCPS) Administration:

This letter serves as a formal follow-up to the IEP meeting LCPS unilaterally attempted to convene today, April 7, 2026, at 1:30 PM. As established in my notices dated March 13, March 20, and April 6, I was not available for this meeting, and my participation was effectively prohibited by the District’s own "Digital Blockade." Any results from today's meeting are void ab initio.

I. Timeliness of Objection and Actual Notice to Leadership

LCPS is hereby estopped from claiming ignorance of my scheduling conflicts or the fraudulent nature of these proceedings. I provided immediate written notice of objection on March 13, 2026, and formal documentation via USPS Certified Mail (Return Receipt Requested) confirmed as received by LCPS on March 20, 2026.

Furthermore, in mid-March 2026, I left a detailed voicemail for Chief of Staff Marc Bergin—as directed by the appeal process in the February 24 No-Trespass letter—specifically referencing the USPS certified documents and the retaliatory nature of the No-Trespass order. LCPS leadership has had "Actual Notice" for over two weeks and chose to remain silent until four hours before today's meeting.

II. Denial of Review Time and Contact Information Manipulation

At 9:36 AM today, less than four hours prior to the 1:30 PM meeting, Mara Moreland emailed a draft IEP. Providing a document of this legal magnitude on the morning of a meeting is a per se denial of "meaningful parental participation" under 34 CFR § 300.501. No parent can forensically review an IEP or consult with counsel in a four-hour window, especially when LCPS has ignored my objections for sixteen (16) days. Dr. Coranassario’s voicemail today requesting a "call back" further highlights the administrative hypocrisy of demanding digital participation while maintaining a "Digital Blockade."

Additionally, Dr. Coranassario placed a call today to my 214-681-7991 number. This proves that LCPS possesses my correct contact data in ParentVUE, yet for the period of 2023–2025, LCPS willfully listed my ex-wife’s cellular number as my own contact information. This historical manipulation of my records, combined with the current "Digital Blockade" preventing me from verifying my own data in ParentVUE, is evidence of a long-term strategy to interfere with my custodial rights and parental standing.

III. Supplemental Evidence of Predetermination (The Shotwell Email)

The email from Cheryl Shotwell sent yesterday, April 6, at 1:28 PM, serves as a "smoking gun." By finalizing course requests and assigning my son to "Seneca Middle school counselors" 24 hours before today’s transition meeting, LCPS has admitted that today's proceedings were a "sham." You cannot "discuss" a transition that you have already officially finalized in your internal systems (SchooLinks/ParentVue). This is Administrative Fraud.

IV. Documented Pattern of Systematic Misconduct (2023-2026)

As established in May 2024 correspondence with Dr. Kate Puschak and Chrystal Thompson, LCPS was previously put on notice regarding the "unprofessional and biased behavior" and the failure to follow IEP protocols. Mara Moreland’s admission today of a "delay" in providing the draft is a continuation of this pattern. Furthermore, I renew my objection to the participation of Ms. Moreland, who is the subject of open workforce complaints for previously excluding me from the IEP process.

V. State-Actor Nexus & Anti-SLAPP Protection (Va. Code § 8.01-223.2)

This communication is a Protected Statement regarding matters of public concern under Virginia’s Anti-SLAPP Statute (Va. Code § 8.01-223.2). Any attempt to use my volume of speech or the "No-Trespass" order to silence this advocacy will result in "SLAPP-back" litigation where I will seek recovery of all attorney fees and punitive damages against the individuals involved.

VI. Criminal Obstruction & Personal Liability (Va. Code § 18.2-460)

By using a fraudulent "No-Trespass" order to prevent me from participating in a federal IEP process, you are Obstructing Justice (Va. Code § 18.2-460) and impeding the administration of the IDEA. "Qualified Immunity" does not protect officials who willfully violate clearly established constitutional and statutory rights. Every participant in today’s 1:30 PM meeting is acting outside the scope of their authority and is subject to personal civil liability for First Amendment retaliation and witness intimidation.

VII. Retaliation and Physical Misconduct (Nick Cottone)

There is an active Federal OCR complaint regarding Principal Nick Cottone, including a recent incident where he inappropriately sought out and physically touched my son during an event where I had explicitly revoked consent for participation. Forcing matriculation to Seneca Ridge under these circumstances is a violation of Va. Code § 22.1-289.044.

VIII. Safe Harbor and Whistleblower Declaration

This communication is a Protected Activity and a report of "Abuse" under Va. Code § 2.2-3011, defined as the arbitrary and capricious use of an agency to serve the personal purposes of a third party (Lindsay Mohler/Troxel Leigh P.C.).

REQUIRED IMMEDIATE ACTION:

VOID all minutes, decisions, or placement changes from the April 7, 2026, meeting.
RE-OPEN the Course Planner and provide a non-digital alternative for my participation.
RESCHEDULE the IEP for a mutually agreeable time with a lawful review period.
REMOVE Mara Moreland from this case.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis

(Joint Legal Custodian)

(214) 681-7991

(202) 997-4815

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 7:00 AM

VIA EMAIL (URGENT - FORENSIC RECORD)

DATE: April 7, 2026

RE: FORMAL OBJECTION TO IEP MEETING FOR BEAU RUBIS (APRIL 13, 2026); NOTICE OF PROCEDURAL NON-COMPLIANCE; AND EVIDENCE OF SELECTIVE COMMUNICATION

To the Loudoun County Public School (LCPS) Administration:

This letter serves as a formal objection and Notice of Non-Participation regarding the IEP meeting for my son, Beau Rubis, scheduled for Monday, April 13, 2026. This response is necessitated by the email received from Celesta Lewis today at 3:14 PM and supplements my prior objections sent on March 13, March 20, and April 6, 2026.

I. Timeliness of Objection and Actual Notice

LCPS has been in possession of my formal objection to the April 13, 2026, meeting date for nearly four weeks. I provided immediate notice via email on March 13, 2026, and formal documentation via USPS Certified Mail (Return Receipt Requested), confirmed as received by LCPS on March 20, 2026. Furthermore, my mid-March voicemail to Chief of Staff Marc Bergin explicitly referenced these documents and the fraudulent nature of the No-Trespass order. Celesta Lewis’s email today proves that LCPS intends to willfully ignore these scheduling conflicts and proceed in a manner that deprives me of my right to "meaningful participation" under 34 CFR § 300.501.

II. Evidence of Selective Communication and Administrative Fraud

Today, Dr. Lucy Coranassario placed a phone call to my 214-681-7991 number. Additionally, at 2:09 PM today, I received an automated instructional update from "Coach Dixon" via the Remind system. These actions prove that LCPS possesses the technical means and verified contact information to communicate with me.

Despite this, LCPS continues to willfully ignore my legally significant communications, including my USPS Certified Mail. Furthermore, the fact that LCPS utilized my 214 number today proves the District has had access to my correct data, exposing the period from 2023–2025—where LCPS listed my ex-wife’s cellular number as my own—as a period of intentional identity obfuscation and interference with my Joint Legal Custody (Case No. CL21-6851).

III. The "Digital Blockade" as Administrative Entrapment

Ms. Lewis’s email provides a "link for you to attend via video conference." As I have repeatedly informed LCPS, the February 24, 2026, No-Trespass Order issued by John Clark purports to bar my presence from "all digital platforms." By scheduling a meeting exclusively via video conference while maintaining a legal order that criminalizes my digital presence, LCPS is engaging in Administrative Entrapment. You are attempting to manufacture a record of "non-attendance" while simultaneously maintaining a digital blockade that prevents my entry into the virtual meeting space.

IV. State-Actor Nexus & Anti-SLAPP Protection (Va. Code § 8.01-223.2)

The collusion between Dan Adams (LCPS) and private counsel Lindsay Mohler (Troxel Leigh P.C.), as admitted in the March 10 FOIA response, establishes a State-Actor Nexus. This communication is a Protected Statement regarding matters of public concern (child welfare and governmental abuse) under Virginia’s Anti-SLAPP Statute (Va. Code § 8.01-223.2). Any attempt to use my volume of speech or the "No-Trespass" order to silence this advocacy will result in "SLAPP-back" litigation.

V. Criminal Obstruction & Personal Liability (Va. Code § 18.2-460)

By using a fraudulent "No-Trespass" order to prevent me from participating in a federal IEP process, you are Obstructing Justice (Va. Code § 18.2-460) and impeding the administration of the IDEA. "Qualified Immunity" does not protect officials who willfully violate clearly established constitutional and statutory rights. Every administrator who proceeds with a meeting for Beau Rubis on April 13 without my participation is acting outside the scope of their authority and is subject to personal civil liability.

VI. Safe Harbor and Whistleblower Declaration

This communication is a Protected Activity and a report of "Abuse" under the Virginia Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Protection Act (Va. Code § 2.2-3011).

REQUIRED IMMEDIATE ACTION:

CANCEL the IEP meeting for Beau Rubis scheduled for April 13, 2026.
RESCHEDULE for a date and time that is mutually agreeable, as mandated by 8VAC20-81-170(B).
VACATE the No-Trespass order and provide an administrative accommodation that ensures my lawful participation in my children’s education.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis (Joint Legal Custodian) (214) 681-7991 (202) 997-4815

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Mon, Apr 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM

NOTICE OF FORENSIC ADMISSION AND DEMAND FOR IMMEDIATE ADMINISTRATIVE CURE

ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE: This communication is a protected Petition for Redress of Grievances under the First Amendment and is submitted in the public interest.

DATE: April 13, 2026

RE: VFOIA Request R002480-012526 / Certification of State-Actor Nexus and Retaliatory Obstruction

MR. BERGIN,

The March 10, 2026, FOIA response (R002480) issued by Dan Adams constitutes a self-authenticating forensic admission of administrative fraud and civil rights violations. This response provides the "smoking gun" proof that the February 24 No-Trespass order is a retaliatory tool utilized to protect private interests and obstruct the release of records for which I have already provided payment.

I. ADMISSION OF THE STATE-ACTOR NEXUS (172 PAGES) The District has withheld 172 pages of records citing Attorney-Client Privilege (Va. Code § 2.2-3705.1(2)) regarding correspondence with private attorney Lindsay Mohler and Troxell Leigh P.C..

The Forensic Fact: There are no active or past legal matters involving my children or custody in the Loudoun County Court system.
The Legal Admission: By asserting privilege over communications with a private third party who has no representative standing in this jurisdiction, LCPS has admitted to a Public-Private Nexus. This coordination transforms Lindsay Mohler into a State Actor under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

II. PROFESSIONAL TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE AND WHISTLEBLOWER DEBARMENT

Temporal Proximity of Retaliation: On February 19, 2026, I submitted a formal request for the Administrative Debarment of QlikTech, Inc. (Qlik) to LCPS, documenting the fraud committed by Feyi Obafemi. Just five days later, on February 24, 2026, the District issued the No-Trespass order. This timeline establishes a prima facie case of retaliation for whistleblower activity.
Notification of Litigation (Case # 2024-17511): My debarment request included the Notice to Defend – Civil (Montgomery County, PA) filed against Qlik. While this matter was withdrawn without prejudice to avoid the financial duress of meritless sanctions, the underlying forensic facts of the fraud remain active and were formally reported to the District as a predicate for debarment.
The Bar Complaint Trigger: I filed formal Bar Complaints against Feyi Obafemi in Pennsylvania within and New Jersey on within hours and days of the District’s decision to issue the No-Trespass order. The District’s attempt to criminalize my digital presence is an extra-legal effort to interfere with these active licensing investigations and protect a vendor from the consequences of its documented fraud.
Statistical Proof of Economic Sabotage: As of April 12, 2026, I have been rejected from 1,915 executive-level roles. My conversion rate has collapsed to an 85% rejection rate in April 2026. This surge in rejections correlates directly with LCPS’s decision to utilize police power to shield Qlik and Lindsay Mohler from the legal petitions I have filed against them.

II. NO-TRESPASS AS A TOOL OF EVIDENCE SUPPRESSION AND UNLAWFUL PROTECTION The February 24 No-Trespass order and the "Digital Blockade" serve no legitimate safety purpose. They are tactical instruments of Retaliatory Obstruction designed to:

Unlawful Protection of Private Parties: To provide a state-enforced shield for private entities, including but not limited to Lindsay Mohler, Troxell Leigh P.C., and the District's vendor QlikTech, Inc. (Qlik), thereby obstructing whistleblower oversight and legal accountability.
Facilitate Financial Larceny: To block my access to the FOIA portal to prevent me from retrieving records for which LCPS has already accepted and retained $559.70 in payment. This constitutes Larceny by Trick under Va. Code § 18.2-178.

III. STATUTORY AND CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS (SAFE HARBOR)

Whistleblower Protection: This communication is protected under Va. Code § 2.2-3011 and LCPS Policy 7561.
Anti-SLAPP Immunity: Statements made herein regarding LCPS, Lindsay Mohler, Qlik, and Feyi Obafemi are protected by Va. Code § 8.01-223.2, as they concern matters of public concern and the reporting of government misconduct.
Due Process Violation: Because LCPS requires a digital portal for FOIA, the "Digital No-Trespass" order criminalizes the exercise of my rights under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Va. Code § 2.2-3700).

IV. ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRADICTION AND GEOGRAPHIC ABSURDITY The District’s claim that I am a "security threat" is forensically invalidated by the District’s own actions and the physical reality of my domicile:

Geographic Impossibility: I reside in Chicago, IL, over 700 miles from Loudoun County. The assertion that a non-resident parent living half a continent away poses a physical "threat" to school buildings is an administrative absurdity. The "Digital No-Trespass" is clearly a tool of evidence suppression and unlawful protection of private parties, not security.
Financial Solicitation: On March 25, Principal John Brewer solicited me for financial sponsorship, a violation of the integrity standards in LCPS Policy 2350.
Selective Demands: On April 1, the District issued a demand for an $8.60 meal balance in contradiction of the relief procedures in LCPS Policy 6130.
Professional Surveillance: Between Feb 24 and March 3, LCPS conducted surreptitious LinkedIn surveillance of my professional profile while I remained rejected from 1,835 jobs due to the District’s fraudulent "threat" label.

V. PROFESSIONAL TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE AND AGGRAVATED ECONOMIC DAMAGES

Statistical Proof of Blacklisting: As of April 12, 2026, I have been rejected from 1,915 executive-level roles for which I am objectively qualified. My rejection metrics show a statistically anomalous surge: while my rejection conversion rate was 8% in 2025, it escalated to 35% in Q1 2026, and has reached a staggering 85% in April 2026 to date.
Correlation with Unauthorized Surveillance: This 85% rejection surge directly correlates with the period in which LCPS was documented as a primary viewer of my professional LinkedIn profile (Feb 24 – March 3, 2026). I am attaching the March Investor Relations (IR) Job Market Stats presentation deck as forensic evidence of the market landscape and the targeted nature of this interference.
Intentional Interference with Business Expectancy: The District’s maintenance of a fraudulent "security threat" label—maintained despite my 700-mile geographic distance in Chicago—is a calculated attempt to sabotage background checks and executive vetting processes. This constitutes Tortious Interference with Business Expectancy with measurable damages exceeding millions in lost executive compensation.
The "Starve Out" Strategy: The District has the capacity to monitor my professional profile and automate demands for $8.60, yet it utilizes a "Digital Blockade" to obstruct my whistleblower debarment petition and my parental rights. This is a bad-faith effort to "starve out" a whistleblower by sabotaging my professional reputation.

VI. FINAL DEMAND FOR REMEDY Rescind the No-Trespass order immediately and produce physical copies of the responsive records associated with all of my outstanding FOIA requests to my address in Chicago. The District has placed me in an illogical and illegal position: LCPS refuses to respond to my evidence, yet if I exercise my parental rights, comply with your financial demands, or attempt to exercise my statutory rights under VFOIA, I face criminal prosecution.

STRICTLY CERTIFIED: This represents an unlawful and unconstitutional use of police power to suppress a citizen's protected activity and a total deprivation of Due Process.

VII. RATIFICATION OF MISCONDUCT AND STATE-ACTOR NEXUS (COTTONE & IVERSEN)

Administrative Shielding of Physical Misconduct (Nick Cottone): The No-Trespass order and "Digital Blockade" function as a retaliatory shield for Principal Nick Cottone. As documented in the active Federal OCR complaint, Mr. Cottone inappropriately sought out and physically touched my son during a school event where I had explicitly revoked consent for participation. LCPS has utilized the No-Trespass order to prevent me from seeking an administrative remedy for this physical violation, thereby ratifying Cottone's misconduct.
Evidence of Collusion (Tim Iversen): The FOIA response of March 10, 2026, which admits to withholding 172 pages of coordination with Lindsay Mohler, provides the forensic link to the actions of Tim Iversen. Mr. Iversen’s role in the administrative "blacklisting" and his coordination with private counsel to manipulate school records represents a clear State-Actor Nexus under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
The "Disruption" Pretext: It is a manifest absurdity for LCPS to characterize the reporting of physical misconduct (Cottone) and legal collusion (Iversen) as a "nuisance" or "disruption." I am not "disrupting" school operations; I am documenting the District’s refusal to follow its own safety and legal protocols, including LCPS Policy 2350 and Policy 7561.

VIII. RATIFICATION OF UNLAWFUL THREATS AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEFAULT

1. Forensic Deposit of Evidence: I am providing a Summary PDF highlighting the specific subset of emails and Google Meet transcripts where Dr. Kate Ridgeway and my ex-wife issued incendiary threats to terminate my parental rights. The full 454-page Workforce Complaint Record is provided via the secure download link below as a forensic deposit, as LCPS has ignored this evidence no fewer than ten (10) times in the past year.

2. Ratification via No-Trespass: The February 24 No-Trespass order represents a formal administrative ratification of these private threats. LCPS has knowingly utilized its "police power" to execute a private legal objective shared by my ex-wife, her counsel Lindsay Mohler, and Dr. Ridgeway.

Forensic Record of Premeditated Threats: I have previously submitted a 454-page PDF documenting explicit threats from my ex-wife and Dr. Kate Ridgeway to LCPS leadership no fewer than ten (10) times over the past year. This record establishes a clear timeline of intent to terminate my parental rights and interfere with my visitation.
Explicit Threats by Dr. Kate Ridgeway: Between 2024 and 2025, Dr. Ridgeway utilized both email and Google Meet sessions to issue incendiary threats regarding my parental standing, acting in direct coordination with my ex-wife’s private legal objectives.
The "Unprofessional" Pretext as a Shield: LCPS’s characterization of my advocacy as "unprofessional" in the February 24 No-Trespass order is a fraudulent administrative shield. You are attempting to utilize a "conduct" label to justify a total refusal to investigate documented violations of state and federal law.
Ongoing Administrative Default: Because LCPS has failed to provide any resolution or findings regarding the 454 pages of evidence, these workforce complaints remain Open and Active. The No-Trespass order is not a security measure; it is the Administrative Ratification of these previously documented threats.

IX. FORENSIC DOCUMENTATION OF SHAM IEP PROCEEDINGS AND PREDETERMINATION

Notice of Procedural Bust (April 7 & 13, 2026): LCPS unilaterally convened IEP meetings for my sons on April 7 and April 13, 2026, despite receiving formal, timely objections on March 13, March 20, and April 6, 2026.
The "Digital Blockade" as Administrative Entrapment: By scheduling meetings exclusively via video conference while maintaining a February 24 No-Trespass order that criminalizes my "digital presence," LCPS is engaged in Administrative Entrapment. You are attempting to manufacture a record of "non-attendance" while simultaneously maintaining a blockade that prevents my entry into the virtual meeting space.
The Shotwell "Smoking Gun" (Predetermination): On April 6, 2026, Cheryl Shotwell sent an email finalizing course requests and school assignments 24 hours before the transition meeting was even convened. This proves the IEP meetings were a "sham"; the District had already finalized decisions in SchooLinks/ParentVue, rendering parental "meaningful participation" under 34 CFR § 300.501 impossible.
Denial of Review Time: For the April 7 meeting, LCPS provided a draft IEP less than four hours prior to the start time. No parent can forensically review a document of this legal magnitude in such a window, especially when LCPS has ignored standing objections for sixteen (16) days.

X. RATIFICATION OF IDENTITY OBFUSCATION AND LEGAL MALICE

History of Record Manipulation: Between 2023 and 2025, LCPS willfully listed my ex-wife’s cellular number as my own contact information in official records.
Evidence of Actual Notice: On April 7, 2026, Dr. Lucy Coranassario placed a call to my verified 214-681-7991 number, proving the District has possessed my correct data while intentionally utilizing a "Digital Blockade" to prevent me from verifying this data in ParentVUE.
Prohibition of Prior Written Notice (PWN) as Retaliation: Any attempt by LCPS to serve me with Prior Written Notice (PWN) or "Administrative Closures" following these sham meetings will be viewed as Aggravated Retaliation and Fraud. Given the documented timeline of non-responsiveness and the District’s refusal to acknowledge ten (10) certified letters, any PWN is a fraudulent instrument intended to paper over a pre-existing conspiracy with Lindsay Mohler to eradicate my parental rights.
Personal Liability (Va. Code § 18.2-460): By using a fraudulent No-Trespass order to impede a federal IEP process, administrators are acting outside the scope of their authority and are subject to personal civil liability for Obstructing Justice and First Amendment retaliation.

XI. EXPANDED SAFE HARBOR, ANTI-RETALIATION, AND NON-WAIVER PROVISIONS

Anti-Retaliation Declaration: This communication is a protected activity under the Virginia Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Protection Act (Va. Code § 2.2-3011) and LCPS Policy 7561. Any adverse action—including but not limited to additional "security" restrictions, the filing of criminal trespass charges, or the initiation of civil litigation by Lindsay Mohler, Troxell Leigh P.C., or QlikTech, Inc. (Qlik)—will be documented as Aggravated Retaliation for the reporting of government corruption.
Anti-SLAPP Immunity (Broad Application): Pursuant to Va. Code § 8.01-223.2, the undersigned is immune from civil liability for all statements made in this petition regarding matters of public concern. This immunity specifically extends to all documented facts regarding the conduct and coordination of Lindsay Mohler, Troxell Leigh P.C., and QlikTech, Inc. (Qlik) as it relates to the deprivation of my parental and statutory rights.
Non-Waiver of Constitutional Rights: Participation in mandated school functions (e.g., attempting to satisfy the $8.60 meal debt or attending "video conference" IEP meetings) is performed under Administrative Duress to preserve my children's access to nutrition and education. Such participation does not constitute a waiver of my standing objection to the fraudulent February 24 No-Trespass order, nor does it represent an "agreement" to the District’s unlawful digital restrictions.
Criminal Entrapment Disclaimer: Any automated or manual direction from LCPS instructing me to "log in" to a portal that the District has simultaneously criminalized is a formal act of Administrative Entrapment. I reserve the right to present these conflicting directives as a complete defense against any purported "violation" of the No-Trespass order.

Respectfully,

Steven Rubis

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LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 8:22 AM

Via Electronic Mail and USPS Certified Mail

DATE: April 15, 2026

TO: Dr. Lucy Cora Nazario

CC: Marc Bergin, et al.

RE: NOTICE OF PROCEDURAL BUST, ADMINISTRATIVE FRAUD, AND WILLFUL VIOLATION OF THE IDEA

Dr. Cora Nazario,

It has come to my attention that LCPS proceeded with an IEP meeting for my son, Beau, on April 13, 2026, in my absence.

This action represents a willful and egregious violation of the IDEA (34 CFR § 300.501) and a total disregard for the formal, timely notices I provided to the District.

I. CHRONOLOGY OF NOTICE AND WILLFUL DISREGARD

LCPS had actual notice of my unavailability for the unilaterally dictated April 13 meeting date. I provided this notice through multiple channels to ensure a forensic record of the District's bad faith:

March 13, 2026: Initial notice provided to the District that I was unavailable for the unilaterally scheduled time.
March 20, 2026: USPS Certified Mail notice delivered to LCPS reiterating my unavailability and the procedural hurdles created by the District.
April 6, 2026: Second USPS Certified Mail notice delivered to LCPS confirming my inability to attend and demanding a reschedule based on my parental rights.
April 13, 2026 (12:30 PM ET): Formal email notice outlining the Procedural Impossibility of the meeting due to the digital blockade and withheld records.

II. EVIDENCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE FRAUD AND IDENTITY OBFUSCATION

The outreach from your office on April 13 further documents a pattern of administrative fraud:

The 9:30 AM Email Fraud: You emailed claiming to have left a voice message regarding Charles. Forensic audit of my primary devices (214-681-7991 and 202-997-4815) proves no such call occurred.
The 1:12 PM "Beau" Conflict: Forty-two minutes after my 12:30 PM formal notice, you called regarding Beau, claiming you were "expecting" me. This proves that LCPS is either willfully ignoring legal notices or is so administratively disorganized that it cannot distinguish between my sons’ files or respect my documented unavailability. I notified LCPS on March 13, 2026, with USPS Certified Mail follow ups on March 20, 2026, and April 6, 2026, that I was unable to attend the meeting. I then followed up with the procedural impossibility email sent at 12:30 pm CT on Tuesday, April 14.

III. FINANCIAL LARCENY AND WITHHOLDING OF MANDATED RECORDS

Larceny by Trick (Va. Code § 18.2-178): LCPS continues to retain $559.70 for 1,141+ responsive records (Request R002480-012526). The District utilized the fraudulent February 24 No-Trespass order to block my access to the LCPS FOIA portal, preventing the retrieval of these documents.
The March 10 Admission: The District’s admission that it is withholding an additional 172 pages based on coordination with a private third party (Lindsay Mohler) proves a State-Actor Nexus.
Procedural Impossibility: Under 34 CFR § 300.501, I have a federal right to inspect all records prior to a meeting. Holding an IEP meeting while withholding these paid-for records renders the meeting void ab initio.

IV. ANTI-SLAPP SAFE HARBOR (Va. Code § 8.01-223.2)

This communication and all prior notices are protected Petitions for Redress of Grievances. Pursuant to Va. Code § 8.01-223.2, I am immune from civil liability for these statements. Any attempt by LCPS or private third parties (Lindsay Mohler, Troxell Leigh P.C., QlikTech, Inc.) to characterize this forensic documentation as "harassment" or "disruption" will be met with a motion for dismissal and a request for attorney fees under the statute.

V. FORMAL DEMAND FOR CURE

LCPS cannot "reschedule" or "paper" its way out of a Constitutional violation. I demand the following cures immediately:

Vacate the April 13 IEP Result: All decisions made during the unauthorized meeting for Beau must be vacated.
Rescind the No-Trespass Order: Rescind the fraudulent February 24 order in its entirety.
Deliver All Records: Deliver the 1,141+ FOIA records and the 172 pages of withheld coordination.
Restore Digital Access: Restore full access to all portals, including ParentVUE, SchooLinks, the FOIA Portal, and HRTD systems.

FORENSIC NOTICE: Any attempt to finalize Beau’s IEP based on the April 13 meeting will be documented as a fraudulent administrative action performed in the absence of a Joint Legal Custodian who was actively being barred and ignored by the District.

The full email chain regarding the procedural bust of both IEP processes for my son's is attached as a PDF and originally included several people on this email chain.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis (Joint Legal Custodian)

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 7:00 AM

VIA EMAIL (URGENT - FORENSIC RECORD)

DATE: April 18, 2026

TO: Dr. Lucy Cora Nazario; Mara Moreland; Celesta Lewis; John Clark, Director of Safety & Security; Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff, LCPS Administration.

RE: FORMAL REJECTION OF FRAUDULENT VDOE FILINGS; NOTICE OF LARCENY BY TRICK AND FOIA OBSTRUCTION; AND SEVENTH NOTICE OF PROCEDURAL BUST

To the Loudoun County Public School (LCPS) Administration:

This letter serves as a formal rejection of the "Pending Action Notifications" received via the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) portal on April 17, 2026, at 11:23 PM and 11:26 PM ET. These notifications represent a gross attempt by Dr. Lucy Cora Nazario and LCPS to codify Administrative Fraud and engage in Larceny by Trick to bypass my Joint Legal Custody.

I. DOUBLE LARCENY BY TRICK AND ADMINISTRATIVE FRAUD

The District is currently engaged in two distinct acts of Larceny by Trick (Va. Code § 18.2-178):

Financial Larceny: LCPS has accepted and retained $559.70 in payment for 1,141+ responsive records (Request R002480-012526). Despite this payment being finalized, the District has utilized the fraudulent February 24 No-Trespass order to block my access to the LCPS FOIA portal, preventing the retrieval of these documents. This is a criminal deprivation of paid-for property.
Parental Standing Larceny: The upload of IEP documents for "action" via the EDPlan Connect portal is an attempt to trick the state’s management system into recording "parental consent" or "completion" for meetings held in willful violation of 34 CFR § 300.501. You are attempting to "steal" my legal standing through an automated process while maintaining a "Digital Blockade" that criminalizes the entry required to review the documents.

II. SYSTEMATIC FOIA OBSTRUCTION, THE QLIK NEXUS, AND DEBARMENT

As established in the March 10, 2026, FOIA response from Dan Adams, LCPS is willfully withholding 172 pages of documents demonstrating a State-Actor Nexus between the District and private attorney Lindsay Mohler.

The Forensic Link: Evidence from Civil Action No. 2024-17511 (Montgomery County, PA) proves that Feyi Obafemi (QlikTech) coordinated with Lindsay Mohler on May 10, 2024, to misrepresent my termination as "voluntary".
Contractual Fraud and Debarment: This coordination constitutes a willful misrepresentation of fact by a government contractor (QlikTech, Inc.) to a state actor (LCPS). This breach of business integrity is the predicate for my active Debarment Petition against Qlik. By shielding these records, LCPS is facilitating a contractor's violation of the Virginia Public Procurement Act.
Obstruction of Licensing Investigations: I have filed formal grievances with the State Bars of New Jersey and Pennsylvania against Feyi Obafemi. By blocking my digital access to the evidence of this fraud, LCPS is actively obstructing these state licensing investigations to protect a private vendor.

III. EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES & 12 IGNORED CERTIFIED LETTERS

I have now sent twelve (12) separate USPS Certified Mail (Return Receipt Requested) letters regarding these procedural violations, the missing FOIA documents, and the fraudulent No-Trespass order. LCPS has acknowledged receipt of all 12 notices via USPS tracking, yet has willfully ignored 100% of this legal correspondence. This silence is a direct violation of the Virginia Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Protection Act (Va. Code § 2.2-3011).

IV. WILLFUL MATRICULATION INTO A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT (NICK COTTONE)

The documents in the portal attempt to finalize the placement of Charles Rubis at Seneca Ridge Middle School. LCPS takes this action with full knowledge of the active Federal OCR complaint regarding Principal Nick Cottone, which includes a documented incident of Mr. Cottone physically touching my son without consent. Forcing this placement—ratifying the Illegal Predetermination established in the Cheryl Shotwell email of April 6—is a willful disregard for student safety and a violation of Va. Code § 22.1-289.044.

V. THE "DIGITAL TRAP" AND IDENTITY OBFUSCATION

Geographic Absurdity: I currently reside in Chicago, IL, over 700 miles from Loudoun County. The assertion that a non-resident parent living half a continent away poses a physical "threat" justifying a No-Trespass order is a manifest administrative absurdity.
Administrative Perjury: Dr. Cora Nazario sent an email at 9:30 AM on April 13 claiming to have left a voice message regarding Charles. Forensic audit of my devices (214-681-7991 and 202-997-4815) confirms no such message was received.
Willful Disregard: Despite my formal notice of Procedural Impossibility served at 12:30 PM on April 13, Dr. Cora Nazario placed a call at 1:12 PM regarding Beau, claiming she was "expecting" me. This proves LCPS is attempting to manufacture a record of "non-participation" while maintaining a blockade that criminalizes my entry into the system.

VI. CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION & ANTI-SLAPP PROTECTION

This collusion and the filing of fraudulent records constitute a willful violation of Va. Code § 18.2-460 (Obstructing Justice). This communication is a Protected Statement regarding governmental abuse under Virginia’s Anti-SLAPP Statute (Va. Code § 8.01-223.2). Any attempt to interpret my refusal to log into a "forbidden" portal as "lack of interest" will be documented as Aggravated Retaliation.

REQUIRED IMMEDIATE ACTION:

WITHDRAW the fraudulent IEP documents from the Virginia IEP/EDPlan portal immediately.
PRODUCE the missing 1,141+ FOIA records and the 172 "privileged" pages.
RESPOND to the 12 pending USPS Certified letters sent by this office.
VACATE the results of the April 7 and April 13 sham meetings.

Evidence Supporting All Claims (Job Statistics, Bar Complaints, Debarment Petitions, and Lawsuit Records) is Available Upon Request.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis (Joint Legal Custodian) (214) 681-7991 (202) 997-4815

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM

VIA EMAIL (URGENT - FORENSIC RECORD)

DATE: April 20, 2026

TO: Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff; John Clark, Director of Safety & Security

CC: LCPS Administration, LCPS School Board, LCSO, Leesburg Police, et al.

RE: NOTICE OF AGGRAVATED RETALIATION, ADMINISTRATIVE ENTRAPMENT, AND WHISTLEBLOWER VIOLATION

Dear LCPS,

On Sunday, April 19, 2026, at 5:15 PM, I received a formal solicitation from Dominion High School signed by Principal John Brewer, inviting me to "Get involved," "Volunteer," and "Join Us for Dinner" at the Dominion Golf Classic.

This outreach, occurring after I filed a formal Workforce Complaint naming Dr. Brewer for previous unsolicited financial solicitations, and explicit and willful violation of the fraudulent no-trespass order issued to me by LCPS, when Dr. Brewer was copied on the order, constitutes Aggravated Retaliation and Administrative Entrapment.

I. THE "SECURITY THREAT" CONTRADICTION Loudoun County Public Schools maintains a fraudulent February 24, 2026, No-Trespass order and a total "Digital Blockade" against me, predicated on the claim that I—a resident of Chicago, 700 miles away—pose a "threat" to the school community.

The Forensic Fact: You cannot legally maintain a No-Trespass order while simultaneously inviting the subject of that order to "Join us for dinner" and "Volunteer" at a high-profile community event.
Admission of Fraud: This solicitation is a de facto admission by a senior LCPS administrator that the District’s "security" concerns are a pretextual lie used to facilitate the deprivation of my parental and civil rights.

II. ADMINISTRATIVE ENTRAPMENT AND LARCENY BY TRICK Soliciting my physical and financial presence at an LCPS event while I am under a threat of arrest for "trespass" is documented as Administrative Entrapment.

Larceny by Trick (Va. Code § 18.2-178): This is a continuation of the District’s pattern of attempting to "solicit" participation or funds while blocking the legal and digital rights I have already paid for—specifically the $559.70 in undelivered FOIA records.

III. WHISTLEBLOWER RETALIATION (Va. Code § 2.2-3011) This outreach is a direct response to my protected activity of filing a workforce complaint naming you. It is a "taunt" designed to demonstrate that you and the District feel immune to the Virginia Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Protection Act.

IV. IDENTITY OBFUSCATION Utilizing a noreply@lcps.org address to bypass my filters and continue financial solicitations while I am blocked from ParentVUE, SchooLinks, and the FOIA portal is documented as a willful act of Identity Obfuscation.

FORENSIC DEMAND:

Immediate Cease and Desist: Stop all financial and community solicitations directed at me until the fraudulent No-Trespass order is rescinded in its entirety.
Administrative Consistency: If I am a "threat," explain on the record why you are inviting me to volunteer at a community dinner. If I am a "Fellow Titan" invited to volunteer, rescind the No-Trespass order and the Digital Blockade immediately.

This communication is a Protected Statement under Virginia’s Anti-SLAPP Statute (Va. Code § 8.01-223.2).

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis (Joint Legal Custodian) (214) 681-7991 (202) 997-4815

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 7:00 AM

VIA EMAIL AND USPS CERTIFIED MAIL

DATE: April 28, 2026

TO: Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff; John Clark, Director of Safety, Loudoun County Schools Administration, LCSO, and Leesburg Police

RE: CERTIFICATION OF MAIL FRAUD, WITNESS INTIMIDATION, AND AGGRAVATED RETALIATION; NOTICE OF DEFECTIVE SERVICE

To the Loudoun County Public School (LCPS) Administration:

This letter serves as a formal forensic certification that the No-Trespass order issued by John Clark on February 24, 2026, and delivered via USPS Certified Mail, constitutes a willful act of Mail Fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1341) and Witness Intimidation (18 U.S.C. § 1512).

I. THE PREDICATE OF FRAUD AND CIRCULAR RETALIATION

The February 24 No-Trespass order explicitly cites a December 2025 communication from the District as a primary justification for my exclusion.

Forensic Conflict: This December 2025 letter was already under formal review by LCPS Workplace Relations (Case 18422) as of December 17, 2025.
Federal Nexus: Furthermore, this exact December communication was a core exhibit in my Federal OCR Complaint filed in February 2026.
The Violation: Utilizing the U.S. Postal Service to deliver a criminal threat (the No-Trespass order) predicated on evidence currently being adjudicated by a federal agency and your own HR department is a bad-faith attempt to utilize federal resources to intimidate a witness and whistleblower.

II. NOTICE OF DEFECTIVE SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE MALFEASANCE

The No-Trespass order was delivered to my parents' residence in Chicago via USPS Certified Mail.

Defective Service: While the package was physically received, the USPS Return Receipt (Green Card) was never detached or returned to LCPS.
Legal Implication: As the Green Card remains in my possession, LCPS lacks a verified "Proof of Service" required for the enforcement of a criminal trespass warning. Any attempt to enforce this order is predicated on a defective administrative record.

III. MAIL FRAUD AND LARCENY BY TRICK

The use of the mail to deliver this order facilitated a Larceny by Trick (Va. Code § 18.2-178). The District accepted $559.70 for 1,141+ FOIA records and then utilized the mail-delivered No-Trespass order to "criminalize" my access to the digital portal where those paid-for records are held. Utilizing the federal mail system to execute a financial deprivation under a fraudulent "security" pretext is a significant unlawful act.

IV. PROTECTED PETITION AND ANTI-SLAPP SAFE HARBOR

This notice is a protected Petition for Redress of Grievances regarding governmental abuse and the reporting of mail-based crimes. Pursuant to Va. Code § 8.01-223.2, I am immune from civil liability for documenting these forensic facts.

REQUIRED IMMEDIATE ACTION:

RESCIND the February 24 No-Trespass order immediately as it is a fraudulent instrument of witness intimidation.
DELIVER the 1,141+ records and the 172 "privileged" pages via physical mail to my Chicago address.
ACKNOWLEDGE the administrative default regarding the 14 previously ignored certified letters.

A copy of this certification is being forwarded to the Federal OCR investigator as supplemental evidence of mail-based retaliation.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis

(Joint Legal Custodian)

(214) 681-7991

(202) 997-4815

Gmail

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 7:30 AM

VIA EMAIL (URGENT - FORENSIC RECORD)

DATE: April 28, 2026

TO: Dr. Kate Ridgeway, Principal; Dr. Lucy Coranassario; John Clark, Director of Safety & Security; Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff; LCPS Administration, LCSO, Leesburg Police

RE: REJECTION OF BAD-FAITH ATTEMPT TO ALTER THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD; DEMAND FOR RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND PRODUCTION OF WITHHELD FOIA RECORDS

To Dr. Ridgeway and LCPS Administration:

I am in receipt of your email dated April 27, 2026. Your attempt to characterize the documented deprivation of my parental rights as "separate issues" from the IEP—and your sudden offer to reschedule after months of administrative silence—is rejected as a bad-faith maneuver to retroactively alter the administrative record for the benefit of the active Federal OCR investigation. These matters are explicitly and inextricably linked. You cannot claim the IEP is a separate discussion when the District’s own criminal No-Trespass order and "Digital Blockade" are the direct mechanisms being used to prevent my participation in that very process. No meeting can or will be convened until LCPS addresses the standing legal record of non-compliance and the historical pattern of retaliation that has now culminated in an active Federal investigation.

I. Certification of Administrative Abandonment (14 Ignored Certified Letters)

To date, I have dispatched fourteen (14) separate legal communications via USPS Certified Mail – Return Receipt Requested to the LCPS Superintendent, Chief of Staff, and Division Counsel. These letters provide meticulous documentation of explicit violations of my children’s rights and the targeted obstruction of their IEPs. LCPS has acknowledged receipt of all 14 packages via USPS tracking, yet the District remains in total administrative default, having failed to respond to a single inquiry. Meaningful participation is a legal impossibility so long as the District refuses to respond to legally documented issues regarding the children's safety and educational standing. Your current email does not constitute a response to these 14 certified legal notices; it is a documented effort to bypass the established record of District misconduct.

II. Linkage to Original Federal OCR Complaint and Documented Retaliation

As a primary recipient of my December 2025 correspondence, you are fully aware that the current "Digital Blockade" is an escalation of the retaliatory pattern established following my initial HR complaint against you on December 10, 2025. This record, now part of an active Federal OCR Investigation, documents the following:

Active IEP Deprivation and Mockery: My son, Charles, was mocked by a substitute teacher when he explicitly asked for the accommodations afforded to him under his IEP. He was subsequently punished because the school failed to honor the legal mechanisms outlined in his IEP when he requested support, effectively penalizing him for his documented Emotional Disability and Specific Learning Disability.
Safety Notification Failure: The failure to notify me of Charles’s physical altercation on December 12, 2025, for four days—a direct violation of LCPS Policy 8210 and standard safety protocols.
Weaponization of Student Records: The attempt to utilize Charles’s "reflective writing"—conducted in a state of distress—as a disciplinary threat rather than a clinical symptom of his disability.
Procedural Sabotage: The willful bypass of notification protocols and IEP protections immediately following my protected advocacy.

III. Administrative Conflict Across the "Feeder Pattern"

I have filed numerous formal workforce and administrative complaints against the leadership of every school in this feeder pattern: Lowes Island Elementary (Dr. Ridgeway), Seneca Ridge Middle School (Nick Cottone), and Dominion High School (Dr. John Brewer). By willfully matriculating my son into a middle school where he was inappropriately and physically singled out by Principal Nick Cottone—after I had explicitly revoked consent for his participation—LCPS is demonstrating a reckless disregard for student safety and parental authority.

IV. Rejection of "Administrative Entrapment" and Illegal Predetermination

As I reside in Chicago, any meeting requires digital access. By maintaining a criminal ban on my digital presence while proposing "links" to connect, you are engaged in Administrative Entrapment. Furthermore, any meeting is a forensic sham so long as the Illegal Predetermination issued by Cheryl Shotwell on April 6—matriculating my son to Seneca Ridge—remains the "de-facto" position of the District.

FINAL ADMINISTRATIVE DEMANDS (PREREQUISITES FOR ENGAGEMENT):

Written Response to 14 Certified Letters: LCPS must provide a formal, written response to each of the 14 outstanding USPS Certified packages regarding documented violations of my children's rights.
Full FOIA Production: LCPS must immediately produce all outstanding records for all FOIA requests submitted by me, including the 172 pages of correspondence with private attorney Lindsay Mohler currently suppressed under a fraudulent claim of privilege.
Administrative Accommodation for Placement (Charles & Beau Rubis): LCPS must provide a written administrative accommodation for the matriculation of both Charles and Beau Rubis to a school removed from the influence of Nick Cottone and the Seneca Ridge administration. As Beau will enter 5th grade next year and matriculate in two years, a safe path must be ensured for both immediately.
Vacatur of Digital Blockade: LCPS must immediately vacate the fraudulent No-Trespass order and restore my digital access to all digital platforms controlled by LCPS, including ParentVue, the IEP portal, and the FOIA portal. The District’s use of this order to criminalize my ability to raise concerns about the unlawful behavior of employees is a per se violation of my First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

I am ready to participate the moment LCPS ceases its unlawful obstruction and restores my rights. Until then, any further "proposals" that ignore these requirements will be documented as continued Aggravated Retaliation.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis

(Joint Legal Custodian)

(214) 681-7991

(202) 997-4815

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 7:30 AM

VIA EMAIL AND USPS CERTIFIED MAIL

DATE: April 28, 2026

TO: John Brewer, Principal; Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff; John Clark, Director of Safety & Security, LCSO, Leesburg Police, LCPS Administration

RE: SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF ONGOING AGGRAVATED RETALIATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE ENTRAPMENT (APRIL 27 SMS)

To the LCPS Administration:

This letter serves as a formal supplement to the forensic record regarding the February 24, 2026, No-Trespass order. On the morning of April 27, 2026, at 7:00 AM, I received a text message solicitation from Dominion High School regarding the "Dominion HS Online Auction."

I. CONTINUOUS RETALIATION FOLLOWING WORKFORCE COMPLAINT

This outreach represents the third documented instance in April 2026 where the District has solicited my financial and digital participation while maintaining a criminal ban on my use of LCPS digital platforms.

The Retaliatory Chain: I filed a formal Workplace Relations complaint naming Principal John Brewer specifically in response to the initial solicitation for the "Dominion Golf Classic".
Aggravated Malice: The District’s decision to continue these solicitations via SMS—after being placed on notice of the conflict and the ongoing workforce investigation—constitutes Aggravated Retaliation for protected whistleblower activity under Va. Code § 2.2-3011.

II. ADMISSION OF FRAUD AND DIGITAL ENTRAPMENT

The Contradiction: By inviting me to "win great prizes" and browse school-sponsored auction sites, the District has forensically waived any claim that I pose a credible threat to the school community.

Administrative Entrapment: Directing me to access a school-managed auction link while I am under a police-enforced "Digital Blockade" is a bad-faith attempt to manufacture a criminal trespass violation.

III. LARCENY BY TRICK AND WHISTLEBLOWER OBSTRUCTION

This solicitation follows the District’s retention of $559.70 for 1,141+ FOIA records that remain undelivered due to the digital blockade. Utilizing automated systems for financial gain while suppressing evidence of State-Actor Collusion—including the 172 "privileged" pages involving private counsel Lindsay Mohler—is a willful violation of Va. Code § 18.2-178 (Larceny by Trick).

IV. NOTICE TO FEDERAL OCR

This SMS solicitation will be forwarded to the Office for Civil Rights as supplemental evidence of ongoing harassment. The District’s continued "Titan" solicitations demonstrate a total lack of internal coordination and a willful disregard for the active federal investigation into Case #18422 and the Cottone physical misconduct incident.

REQUIRED IMMEDIATE ACTION:

1. RESCIND the fraudulent February 24 No-Trespass order immediately.

2. DELIVER all 1,141+ FOIA records via physical mail to my Chicago address.

3. VACATE the results of the "sham" April 7 and April 13 meetings held in my absence.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis

(Joint Legal Custodian)

(214) 681-7991

Gmail

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 3:45 PM

VIA EMAIL (URGENT - FORENSIC RECORD)

DATE: April 28, 2026

TO: Dr. Jason Allison, Assistant Principal, Dominion High School

CC: Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff; John Clark, Director of Safety & Security; W. John Brewer, Principal; LCSO; Leesburg Police; Abony Alexander (OCR)

RE: NOTICE OF PROCEDURAL IMPOSSIBILITY AND DEMAND FOR WRITTEN SPECIFICITY REGARDING "REX RUBIS"

Dr. Allison,

I am in receipt of your email sent at 4:01 PM ET today, April 28, 2026, regarding a purported "incident" involving my son, Rex.

I. NOTICE OF PROCEDURAL IMPOSSIBILITY Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) maintains a February 24, 2026, No-Trespass order issued by John Clark that prohibits my access to "all digital platforms" and "virtual resources".

Administrative Entrapment: Soliciting a phone call or digital engagement while maintaining a criminal ban on my digital presence is documented as Administrative Entrapment. I will not participate in a phone call that LCPS could later characterize as a violation of this order.

II. DEMAND FOR WRITTEN RECORD Given the documented history of Identity Obfuscation and Administrative Fraud by LCPS, I demand that all information regarding this "incident" be provided immediately in writing via email. I require a specific forensic accounting of the following:

The exact time and location of the incident.
The names of all LCPS staff and students involved.
A detailed description of the event and any disciplinary or safety actions taken.

III. NOTICE OF AGGRAVATED RETALIATION This vague outreach follows three separate forensic legal notices I served to LCPS leadership this morning (April 28, 2026) regarding Mail Fraud, Larceny by Trick, and the State-Actor Nexus involving private counsel Lindsay Mohler. The timing of this "incident" report—immediately following protected whistleblower activity—is documented as Aggravated Retaliation.

IV. SAFE HARBOR AND ANTI-SLAPP PROTECTION This communication is a protected Petition for Redress of Grievances regarding governmental abuse. Pursuant to Va. Code § 8.01-223.2, I am immune from civil liability for documenting these facts.

REQUIRED IMMEDIATE ACTION: Provide the full written details of the incident involving Rex Rubis via email immediately. I will determine the appropriate response once a verifiable written record is established.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis

(Joint Legal Custodian)

(214) 681-7991

Gmail

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 7:05 AM

FORENSIC ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD AND FORMAL COMPLAINT

TO: Loudoun County School Board; Dr. Aaron Spence, Superintendent; Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff

CC: Tedra L. Richardson, Assistant Superintendent for Student Services; LCPS Legal Counsel; LCPS Office of the Ombuds

FROM: Steven Rubis (Joint Legal Custodian)

DATE: April 28, 2026

SUBJECT: FORENSIC RECORD OF AGGRAVATED RETALIATION, PROCEDURAL ENTRAPMENT, AND SYSTEMIC DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS REGARDING STUDENT REX RUBIS (ID: 1018528)

I. PREAMBLE: THE DOCTRINE OF PRIOR NOTICE

This record is predicated on the fact that Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) and the administration of Dominion High School (DHS) have been on formal, certified notice since July 12, 2025, regarding my communication expectations and the requirements of my court-ordered Marriage Settlement Agreement (MSA). Furthermore, LCPS was served with a Notice of Liability on December 18, 2025, explicitly stating that any further attempts to restrict communication or obstruct my child's access to mandated education would be viewed as a continuing and willful violation of state and federal law.

II. CHRONOLOGY OF THE APRIL 28, 2026, INCIDENT

Morning Protected Activity: Between 8:00 AM and 12:00 PM ET, I served three forensic legal notices to LCPS leadership regarding Mail Fraud, Larceny by Trick, and the State-Actor Nexus involving private counsel.
The Retaliatory Strike: At 3:01 PM CT (4:01 PM ET), Dr. Jason Allison sent a vague email soliciting a phone call regarding an "incident".
The Notice Lag: I spoke with my son at 7:00 PM CT, who confirmed he had already been suspended for five (5) school days.
Forensic Conclusion: The suspension was implemented prior to parental notification, mirroring the "Intentional Obstruction of Intervention" documented in the November 21, 2025, suspension incident.

III. COMPREHENSIVE RECORD OF ADMINISTRATIVE MALFEASANCE

1. Violation of the December 8, 2025, Case Transfer Mandate

Fact: On December 8, 2025, I formally demanded that all disciplinary matters involving Rex be transferred to the Assistant Superintendent for Student Services due to the documented bias and retaliatory history of Dr. John Brewer and Dr. Jason Allison.
Malfeasance: By allowing Dr. Allison to adjudicate today’s incident, LCPS has willfully ignored a formal administrative safeguard intended to ensure neutrality. This constitutes Administrative Malfeasance and a violation of LCPS Policy 7560 (Professional Ethics).

2. Procedural Entrapment and the No-Trespass Order

Fact: LCPS maintains a February 24, 2026, No-Trespass Order issued by John Clark that prohibits my access to "all digital platforms" and "virtual resources".
Malfeasance: Dr. Allison’s solicitation of a phone call or digital engagement is a documented act of Administrative Entrapment.
Violation: Soliciting engagement while maintaining a criminal ban on my digital presence is a bad-faith maneuver designed to strip me of my parental rights via a Procedural Impossibility.

3. Statutory Due Process Violations (Va. Code § 22.1-277.04)

Violation: Under Virginia law, a student may only be suspended after being given notice of the charges and an opportunity to explain their version of events.
Failure: LCPS implemented a major disciplinary action (5-day suspension) without providing me, a joint custodian, a "meaningful opportunity to be heard". This repeats the Due Process Violations documented on November 24, 2025.

4. Aggravated Retaliation and Whistleblower Reprisal

Fact: Today’s adverse action followed my morning reports of governmental abuse and identity obfuscation.
Violation: Pursuant to Va. Code § 8.01-223.2, I am immune from civil liability for documenting these facts in a Petition for Redress of Grievances. The timing of this suspension constitutes Aggravated Retaliation.

IV. STANDING DEMANDS FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION

Given the Identity Obfuscation and Administrative Fraud historically demonstrated by this administration—including the future-dating of legal documents and "no-shows" to scheduled meetings—I demand the following:

Immediate Stay of Suspension: The suspension must be stayed pending an independent review by the Assistant Superintendent for Student Services.
Full Written Specificity: I demand a forensic accounting of the incident (time, location, involved parties, and evidence) provided immediately in writing via email to avoid the entrapment of the No-Trespass order.
Expungement of Record: This action must be expunged due to the documented Procedural Defects and the school’s failure to adhere to the communication mandates acknowledged by Principal Brewer on July 14, 2025.

V. ABSENCE OF POLICY ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT Please be advised that for the 2025–2026 academic year, I have not signed, acknowledged, or authorized any policy statements, student handbooks, or "Student Rights and Responsibilities" documents via ParentVue or any other medium.

LCPS is attempting to adjudicate my son under a regulatory framework (Policy 8220.1) that I have not legally acknowledged, while simultaneously violating the court-ordered MSA that I have provided and which remains the governing authority over his education.

The Violation: Any attempt to cite "school protocol" as a defense for failing to consult me is legally void, as I have explicitly withheld consent for such protocols in favor of my statutory and court-ordered rights.

This document is served as a forensic legal record. I expect a written response within two (2) business days.

Steve Rubis

Joint Legal Custodian

(214) 681-7991

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LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 9:10 AM

VIA EMAIL (URGENT - FORENSIC RECORD)

DATE: April 29, 2026

TO: Dr. Aaron Spence, Superintendent; Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff; John Clark, Director of Safety & Security; Loudoun County School Board

CC: Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO); Leesburg Police Department; Tedra Richardson, Assistant Superintendent; Dr. Jason Allison; Abony Alexander (OCR)

FROM: Steven Rubis (Joint Legal Custodian)

SUBJECT: NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE ENTRAPMENT, PROCEDURAL IMPOSSIBILITY, AND AGGRAVATED RETALIATION — REX RUBIS (ID: 1018528)

To the Loudoun County Public School (LCPS) Administration:

This letter serves as a formal rejection of the disciplinary actions communicated by Dr. Jason Allison and a Notice of Aggravated Retaliation.

This correspondence is a protected Petition for Redress of Grievances regarding governmental abuse and the reporting of administrative fraud pursuant to the First Amendment and the Virginia Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Protection Act.

I. NOTICE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE ENTRAPMENT

This correspondence serves to formally notify the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office and the Leesburg Police Department of a documented attempt at Administrative Entrapment by LCPS administrators.

The Conflict of Orders: LCPS maintains a February 24, 2026, No-Trespass Order issued by John Clark that purports to ban my "digital presence" and use of "virtual resources".
The Bait: At 8:48 AM ET today, April 29, 2026, Dr. Jason Allison sent an email soliciting my engagement and "questions" regarding a disciplinary matter.
Forensic Conclusion: Soliciting digital or telephonic interaction while maintaining a criminal ban on my digital presence is a bad-faith maneuver designed to bait a technical violation of the No-Trespass order.

II. RECURRING PROCEDURAL DEFECTS AND MSA VIOLATIONS

The suspension communicated by Dr. Allison is void ab initio due to willful procedural failures and the deprivation of my parental rights:

Violation of MSA: The suspension was implemented without the "Good Faith Consultation" required by my court-ordered Marriage Settlement Agreement (Case No. CL21-6851).
Notice Lag Strategy: The suspension was implemented prior to my notification, repeating the "Notice Lag" strategy previously documented by this office in November 2025.
Lack of Authorization: I have not signed or acknowledged any 2025-2026 policy documents or ParentVUE handbooks. I do not recognize the authority of Dominion High School (DHS) administrators to adjudicate my son under a framework I have explicitly refused to authorize, particularly when utilized as a tool for Aggravated Retaliation.

III. VIOLATION OF CASE TRANSFER MANDATE AND AGGRAVATED RETALIATION

LCPS remains in willful non-compliance with my December 8, 2025, demand that all disciplinary matters involving my children be transferred to the Assistant Superintendent for Student Services.

Temporal Nexus: This disciplinary strike occurred immediately following my three forensic notices served at 7:00 AM and 7:30 AM ET on April 28, 2026.
Conflict of Interest: Dr. Allison and Dr. Brewer are subjects of active Workforce Complaints and documented bias. Their continued adjudication of my son’s education represents a Hostile Administrative Environment and Whistleblower Retaliation under Va. Code § 2.2-3011.

IV. SAFE HARBOR AND ANTI-SLAPP PROTECTION (Va. Code § 8.01-223.2)

This communication is a protected statement regarding matters of public concern and the reporting of government misconduct. Pursuant to Va. Code § 8.01-223.2, I am immune from civil liability for documenting these forensic facts. Any attempt to characterize this record as "harassment" or "disruption" will be met with a motion for dismissal and a request for attorney fees under the statute.

V. STANDING DEMAND FOR ADJUDICATION AND REMEDY

I formally demand that Marc Bergin and Tedra Richardson immediately execute the following:

Immediate Rescission of the No-Trespass Order: The February 24, 2026, order must be rescinded in its entirety. The District cannot legally or ethically solicit my "meaningful participation" in a five-day suspension process while simultaneously maintaining a criminal ban on my digital and physical presence.
Stay the Suspension: Halt all disciplinary action against Rex Rubis pending an independent review of the Temporal Nexus between my whistleblower activity and this retaliatory strike.
Cease Solicitation: Direct Dr. Allison and Principal John Brewer to cease all solicitations for engagement that contradict the standing No-Trespass order.
Produce Forensic Records: Provide a full written record of the incident—including all staff statements and any physical evidence—to the Joint Legal Custodian immediately.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis

(Joint Legal Custodian)

(214) 681-7991

(202) 997-4815

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LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 11:14 AM

Subject: RE: [Master Record] RE: Policy 8220 — SUPPLEMENTAL RECORD OF ADMINISTRATIVE OBFUSCATION

TO: Dr. Aaron Spence; Marc Bergin; John Clark; Loudoun County School Board

CC: LCSO; Leesburg Police; Dr. Jason Allison

NOTICE OF ATTEMPTED RECORD OBFUSCATION

I am re-anchoring the following communication from Dr. Jason Allison (received at 9:46 AM CT via a separate, detached email chain) back into the Forensic Record. This tactic of initiating new, context-free email chains is a documented attempt to obscure the history of Aggravated Retaliation and the involvement of Law Enforcement in this matter.

Dr. Allison’s attached communication (April 29, 2026, 9:46 AM CT):

"Hi Rubis, Please see the attached policy 8220. Thank you."

Forensic Rebuttal:

1. Documentation of Procedural Cure Attempt: This late provision of Regulation 8220.1 serves as a written admission that Dr. Allison failed to provide the mandated regulations at the time of the suspension, as I previously documented. Providing this document only after a formal appeal was filed is a documented attempt to cure a Procedural Defect after the fact.
2. Persistence of Administrative Entrapment: Despite being put on notice that I cannot engage in digital/telephonic "discussions" due to the No-Trespass Order, Dr. Allison continues to initiate detached, informal emails. This persistent solicitation is a bad-faith maneuver designed to bait a technical violation of said order.
3. Professional Misconduct: I reiterate my demand to be addressed as "Mr. Rubis." The continued use of "Rubis" is a persistent act of professional disrespect and Identity Obfuscation.
4. Standing Demand: The "random" provision of a policy document does not resolve the Notice Lag, the MSA violation, or the Aggravated Retaliation. I reiterate my demand for a Stay of Suspension and an immediate transfer to the Assistant Superintendent.

Steven Rubis

Joint Legal Custodian

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 7:05 AM

TO: Dr. Aaron Spence; Marc Bergin; John Clark; Loudoun County School Board

CC: LCSO; Leesburg Police; Dr. Kate Ridgeway; Tedra Richardson

SUBJECT: RE: [Master Record] NOTICE OF AGGRAVATED RETALIATION AND IEP VIOLATION — BEAU RUBIS

I. DOCUMENTATION OF SYSTEMIC RETALIATION

I am re-anchoring this communication from Dr. Kate Ridgeway (received at 6:15 PM CT) into the Forensic Record. Within 24 hours of my serving forensic legal notices regarding government abuse, LCPS has implemented disciplinary sanctions against two of my children (Rex and Beau) under procedurally defective conditions.

II. WILLFUL BYPASS OF THE MSA AND DUE PROCESS

Dr. Ridgeway’s intent to proceed with an In-School Restriction (ISR) on April 30, 2026, without producing the requested evidence or consulting me as a joint legal custodian is a documented Breach of Contract (MSA) and a violation of Va. Code § 22.1-277.04.

Self-Incrimination of a Minor: Dr. Ridgeway cites a "confession" from a minor student as the sole basis for bypassing parental consultation.
IEP Interference: As Beau is a student on an IEP, any removal from his regular educational setting—including ISR—must be analyzed for its impact on his mandated services. Dr. Ridgeway’s refusal to stay this action represents a continuing Hostile Administrative Environment and a violation of the IDEA.

III. PERSISTENCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE ENTRAPMENT

Dr. Ridgeway continues to refer to "ParentVue" for details despite being on notice that the district’s No-Trespass Order prohibits my access to that platform. This is a documented act of Administrative Fraud and Larceny by Trick, as you are purposefully withholding exculpatory evidence behind a digital blockade you created.

IV. STANDING REJECTION OF POLICY AUTHORITY

As with my son Rex, I have not signed or acknowledged any LCPS handbook or ParentVue policy documents for the 2025-2026 school year. I do not recognize the authority of Dr. Ridgeway to enforce a "Code of Conduct" that I have explicitly refused to authorize, especially in violation of my superior parental rights under the MSA.

DEMAND FOR ACTION:

I demand an immediate Stay of the ISR for Beau Rubis and the production of all witness statements and teacher observations cited by Dr. Ridgeway. Any implementation of this sanction tomorrow will be added to the pending Civil Rights and Workforce Complaints regarding Aggravated Retaliation.

Steven Rubis

Joint Legal Custodian

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 7:30 AM

TO: Dr. Aaron Spence; Marc Bergin; John Clark; Loudoun County School Board

CC: LCSO; Leesburg Police; Dr. Jason Allison; Dr. Kate Ridgeway; Tedra Richardson

FROM: Steven Rubis (Joint Legal Custodian)

DATE: April 29, 2026

SUBJECT: RE: [Master Record] EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION AND WILLFUL BYPASS OF COURT-ORDERED MSA

NOTICE OF EVIDENTIARY DOCUMENTATION

I am adding the following communication from Elizabeth Entsminger (received April 29, 2026, at 4:16 PM CT) to the Forensic Record. This correspondence serves as a formal admission of the ongoing collusion between LCPS administrators and the children's mother to bypass my court-ordered Marriage Settlement Agreement (MSA).

Key Evidentiary Admissions in the Attached Communication:

Willful Breach of MSA: The mother asserts that a 5-day suspension—a major educational decision—"was not a decision that required or asked for parental consent". This is a direct admission of an intent to violate Section III, Paragraph B of our MSA, which mandates good-faith consultation on all major educational issues.
Confirmation of Unequal Access: The mother confirms she was notified and engaged in "addressing the matter directly" with the administration while LCPS willfully withheld information from me until the punishment was implemented. This confirms a violation of FERPA and LCPS Policy 7560.
Facilitation of Administrative Entrapment: The mother explicitly directs me to "discuss directly with the school" via phone, despite the standing No-Trespass Order prohibiting my digital/virtual presence. This confirms a coordinated effort to bait a technical violation of a criminal trespass order.
Unilateral Educational Alteration: The mother admits to unilaterally assigning educational curricula (Schindler’s List report) as a disciplinary adjunct to the school's action. Under joint legal custody, this is a major educational decision that required my prior input.

CONCLUSION:

LCPS administrators are not merely "following protocol"; they are actively facilitating the serial violation of a Virginia Court Order. I reiterate my demand for an immediate Stay of all Suspensions/Restrictions and the transfer of these files to the Assistant Superintendent for independent adjudication.

Steven Rubis

Joint Legal Custodian

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Mon, May 4, 2026 at 7:05 AM

NOTICE OF FORMAL COMPLAINT: AGGRAVATED RETALIATION & OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

TO: LCPS Department of Human Resources and Talent Development (HRTD)

FROM: Steven Rubis, Joint Legal Custodian

DATE: May 4, 2026

RE: CASE #21548 – Retaliatory No-Trespass Order Issued by John Clark

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF VIOLATIONS

This complaint serves as formal notice that John Clark (Director of Safety & Security), acting on behalf of the Loudoun County School Board, utilized the United States Postal Service to execute a scheme of Aggravated Retaliation and Obstruction of Justice. On February 24, 2026, LCPS issued a No-Trespass Order (NTO) that specifically cites communications currently under investigation in HRTD Case #18422 (confirmed active Dec 17, 2025) and central to a Federal OCR Complaint (filed Feb 9, 2026).

The use of the USPS to deliver a fraudulent instrument intended to interfere with a federal civil rights proceeding constitutes Mail Fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1341) and Witness Intimidation (18 U.S.C. § 1512). This action was designed to facilitate a State-Actor Nexus with private attorney Lindsay Mohler (Troxell Leigh P.C.) and vendor QlikTech, Inc., effectively "renting" police power to shield private interests from statutory audit and ethics investigations.

II. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS: THE "OPEN AND SHUT" EVIDENCE

Utilization of USPS for Administrative Fraud: John Clark utilized USPS Certified Mail (Tracking #9589071052702620534290) to deliver the NTO. The "Green Card" (PS Form 3811) remains in the complainant's possession, proving a failure of service and a "process trap." The NTO contains Material Misrepresentations, citing "virtual events" the complainant never attended, to justify a physical and digital blockade.
Direct Obstruction of HRTD Case #18422: On December 17, 2025, Ashleigh Stocks (LCPS HRTD) confirmed Case #18422 was active. The NTO explicitly references the communications forming the basis of that investigation. Issuing an NTO to "ban" a complainant from the premises of an active internal investigation is a per se act of retaliation.
Interference with Federal OCR Investigation: The NTO was issued exactly fourteen days after LCPS received a Notice of Filing regarding a Federal OCR investigation. By barring the complainant from the digital Synergy and FOIA portals, LCPS is actively suppressing the life-safety records and behavioral logs central to that federal inquiry.
The Unlawful State-Actor Nexus (Mohler/Troxell Leigh): LCPS officials coordinated with private attorney Lindsay Mohler to facilitate a warrantless interrogation by Officer Timothy Iversen (LCSO) on Dec 12, 2023. Further, in a FOIA response dated March 10, 2026, LCPS fraudulently invoked Attorney-Client Privilege to shield communications with Ms. Mohler—a private attorney who does not represent the District.
Larceny by Trick & Conversion: LCPS accepted $559.70 for FOIA Request R002510-021526. Utilizing the NTO to withhold records for which payment was delivered and accepted constitutes Larceny by Trick (Va. Code § 18.2-178).
Predetermined Appeal Rejection: John Clark’s summary denial of the appeal on March 4, 2026, occurred within 110 minutes of his being served with HRTD Case #21548, proving the appeal process was a fraudulent sham with a predetermined outcome.
Administrative Silence: LCPS has maintained a policy of non-responsiveness regarding sixteen (16) USPS Certified Letters (Attachment E), while simultaneously using the complainant's attempts at formal legal communication as the "pretext" for the trespass order.

III. TIMELINE OF PROTECTED ACTIVITY & SYSTEMIC RETALIATION

October 2023 – November 6, 2025: Ongoing reporting of Nick Cottone's misconduct; reignited by protected speech regarding a Yahoo! News article.
December 17, 2025 (4:08 PM): Received confirmation of HRTD Case #18422 regarding IEP violations and Nick Cottone's behavior.
February 9, 2026 (7:00 AM): Served LCPS with a Final Cease & Desist and Revocation of Consent for Charles to participate in the Seneca Ridge MS field trip.
February 9, 2026 (6:48 PM): Served Dr. Spence and the School Board with Notice of Filing regarding a Federal OCR Complaint and VDOE Investigation.
February 12, 2026: In direct violation of the Revocation of Consent, LCPS transported Charles to Seneca Ridge MS. Nick Cottone specifically sought out Charles, high-fived him, and asked, "Are you Rex's brother?"—committing inappropriate physical touch and witness intimidation.
February 18, 2026: Filed a formal Request for Vendor Debarment of QlikTech, Inc. and ethics complaints against Lindsay Mohler regarding the use of fraudulent Qlik data.
FEBRUARY 24, 2026: John Clark issued the NTO via USPS Certified Mail, citing the very complaints under investigation by the OCR and HRTD.
February 28, 2026: Served a Formal Objection and Demand for Rescission to John Clark, detailing the aggravated retaliation.
March 4, 2026 (12:33 PM): John Clark issued a summary denial of the appeal within 110 minutes of being served with HRTD Complaint #21548.
March 6, 2026: Served Final Notice of Administrative Default and Ratification to Marc Bergin and the School Board regarding the criminal obstruction of statutory investigations.
March 10, 2026: LCPS responded to FOIA requests by fraudulently citing Attorney-Client Privilege to hide communications with private attorney Lindsay Mohler.
I have received no response to my escalation of my appeal to Mark Bergin LCPS Chief of Schools.

III. LEGAL & POLICY CITATIONS

Virginia Anti-SLAPP Protection (Va. Code § 8.01-223.2): Virginia law provides immunity for statements made regarding matters of public concern and the right to petition the government. The NTO is a retaliatory administrative instrument designed to chill protected speech regarding vendor fraud and child safety.
Federal Retaliation (34 C.F.R. § 100.7(e) & 104.61): LCPS is prohibited from intimidating or coercing any individual for participating in an investigation. Because the NTO cites letters used in the OCR filing, it is prima facie evidence of retaliation.
Obstruction of Justice (Va. Code § 18.2-460): By barring the complainant from school grounds, digital systems, and the FOIA portal immediately following a notice of investigation, the District has knowingly attempted to impede a legal official investigation.
Mail Fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1341): The use of the USPS to deliver a document based on misrepresented facts to advance a retaliatory scheme and a sham appeal process introduces federal criminal liability.
Violation of LCPS Policy 8040 & 1040: The District has violated its own mandates regarding Parental Rights and Non-Discrimination by stripping a joint legal custodian of access without due process.
Tortious Interference: Maliciously emerging as a frequent searcher of the complainant's LinkedIn profile to "starve out" a whistleblower during a job search that has faced 1,900+ rejections.

IV. IDENTIFICATION OF ACCOMPLICES & INSTITUTIONAL RATIFICATION

The following individuals and entities were formally served with the NTO dated February 24, 2026. Their failure to rescind this retaliatory instrument constitutes Institutional Ratification of a federal civil rights violation. Furthermore, these officials have maintained a policy of Administrative Silence regarding sixteen (16) USPS Certified Letters (Tracking numbers: 70231500000004928130, 8154, 8147, 8161, 8185, 8178, 8192, 8208, 8222, 8215, 8239, 8246, 8253, 8260, 8284, 8277), confirming a coordinated effort to ignore formal legal correspondence:

Dr. Aaron Spence (Superintendent): Chief executive bearing ultimate responsibility for the retaliatory use of District resources.
Marc Bergin (Chief of Staff): Direct knowledge of the ongoing legal record disputes, the "Notice of Filing," and the Final Notice of Administrative Default (March 6, 2026) which LCPS ignored.
Rae Mitchell (Chief of Schools): Previous author of restrictions (Exhibit C), demonstrating a pattern of using bans to avoid federal compliance.
Neri Gonzales & Beth Robinson: Oversight officials who allowed the NTO to interfere with high school and middle school transition mandates.
W. John Brewer (Principal, DHS), Nick Cottone (Principal, SRMS), and Kate Ridgeway (Principal, LIES): Site-level enablers who have utilized the NTO to block communication regarding IEP implementation and SMS solicitations.
Loudoun County School Board: The governing body on whose behalf John Clark explicitly claimed to be acting.
Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office & Leesburg Police Department: Involved as third-party instruments of intimidation to provide a "veneer of law enforcement" to a civil rights violation and a private legal advantage for LCPS counsel.
Nick Cottone (Principal, SRMS): The genesis actor who coordinated with Lindsay Mohler and targeted a minor child (Charles) during an active grievance.
Lindsay Mohler & Troxell Leigh P.C.: Private actors utilizing District resources to bypass constitutional protections.
QlikTech, Inc. (Qlik): Beneficiary of the retaliatory suppression of FOIA audit trails.

V. MANDATORY REMEDIES & ADMINISTRATIVE DEMANDS

To mitigate further institutional and personal liability, and to begin the remediation of the documented constitutional and statutory violations, I demand the following immediate actions:

Immediate Termination Proceedings for Genesis Actors: I demand the immediate commencement of disciplinary proceedings, up to and including termination, for Nick Cottone (Principal, SRMS). This demand is predicated on his foundational role in the systematic rights deprivation of my son, Charles, the orchestration of retaliatory actions following protected speech, and the unlawful coordination with private third parties to gain a legal advantage under color of law.
Immediate Termination Proceedings for Issuing Official: I demand the immediate commencement of disciplinary proceedings, up to and including termination, for John Clark (Director of Safety & Security). This demand is based on his willful misuse of office, the fraudulent and predetermined appeal process (the "110-minute rejection"), and the utilization of the USPS to execute a scheme of administrative fraud.
Immediate Administrative Suspension of Ratifying Officials: I demand the immediate suspension of Marc Bergin (Chief of Staff) and Rae Mitchell (Chief of Schools) pending a full independent investigation. This demand stems from their roles in ratifying aggravated retaliation and facilitating a "Digital Blockade" while having actual knowledge of active Federal OCR and HRTD investigations.
Unconditional Rescission & Notice of Retraction: LCPS must issue a formal, written retraction of the February 24, 2026, No-Trespass Order to all parties and law enforcement agencies copied on the original correspondence. This notice must explicitly state the NTO was issued without a factual or legal basis and was not necessitated by any credible safety or security threat.
Remediation of FOIA Larceny & Conversion: I demand the immediate electronic release of the 944 paid-for public records (Request R002510). Continued withholding of these records, for which the District accepted and processed a payment of $559.70, constitutes Larceny by Trick (Va. Code § 18.2-178) and will be treated as an ongoing act of conversion.
Rescission of Retaliatory Privilege Assertions: I demand the immediate release of all communications involving Lindsay Mohler and Troxell Leigh P.C., which were unlawfully withheld in the FOIA response dated March 10, 2026. As Ms. Mohler is a private third-party attorney with no legal standing to represent LCPS, no "Attorney-Client Privilege" exists; the assertion of such is a fraudulent misuse of statutory exemptions to shield a state-actor nexus.
Restoration of Parental and Digital Access: Immediate and unrestricted restoration of all physical access to school grounds and digital access to the ParentVue/Synergy portals. This is required to fulfill my statutory duties as a joint legal custodian and to monitor the life-safety mandates and IEP compliance for my son, Charles.
Notice of Claim for Financial Restitution: LCPS and the named individuals are hereby placed on formal notice of a claim for damages in the amount of $2,148,000.00 and continuing. This sum reflects the documented economic impact of the District’s sustained campaign of tortious interference and professional surveillance, which has directly resulted in over 1,900 job rejections and the systematic destruction of my professional reputation.
Establishment of Independent Oversight: I demand the appointment of an independent, third-party auditor to oversee the preservation of all system audit logs for the Virginia IEP Connect and FOIA portals to ensure no further Selective Data Spoliation or record scrubbing occurs during the pendency of active investigations.

VI. NOTICE OF PERSONAL LIABILITY & NON-IMMUNITY

TO ALL RECIPIENTS: Take notice that under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, government officials who violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights are not entitled to qualified immunity. By proceeding with this NTO after receiving the "Notice of Filing" and the Qlik debarment request, you have acted with Actual Knowledge and Malice, exposing yourselves to personal financial liability.

VII. SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT & NOTICE OF NON-WAIVER

This complaint is filed under the Safe Harbor provisions of federal and state whistleblower and civil rights statutes. Nothing in this document shall be construed as a waiver of any rights, claims, or remedies available under law or equity. This document serves as a Notice of Claim under the Virginia Tort Claims Act and a formal record to preserve the right to seek further judicial relief in Federal and State courts.

IV. SAFE HARBOR AND ANTI-SLAPP PROTECTION (Va. Code § 8.01-223.2)

VIII. FINAL FORENSIC DEMAND

You have 48 hours from the receipt of this document to confirm in writing that the NTO has been rescinded and the demands for termination/suspension have been acknowledged. Failure to respond will be viewed as a further act of Aggravated Retaliation and will be immediately reported to UD DOE OCR and the United States Department of Justice.

Steve Rubis

Joint Legal Custodian

214-681-7991

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Mon, May 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM

VIA EMAIL (URGENT - FORENSIC RECORD)

DATE: May 4, 2026

TO: Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff; John Clark, Director of Safety & Security; Dr. Aaron Spence, Superintendent CC: Nick Cottone, Principal (LIES); John Brewer, Principal (DHS); LCSO; Leesburg Police, et al.

FROM: Steven Rubis (Joint Legal Custodian)

SUBJECT: SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE FRAUD, ENTRAPMENT, AND WAIVER OF SECURITY PREDICATE (MAY 4 SOLICITATIONS)

To the Loudoun County Public School (LCPS) Administration:

This letter serves as a formal supplement to the forensic record regarding the February 24, 2026, No-Trespass order. On the morning of Monday, May 4, 2026, I received two distinct solicitations for engagement:

7:00 AM (SMS): A solicitation from Dominion High School for the "Dominion HS Online Auction".
10:09 AM (Email): A formal invitation from Lowes Island Elementary School to "Join us for our annual Donuts with Grownups Event".

I. DE FACTO RESCISSION VIA ADMINISTRATIVE WAIVER These solicitations constitute a de facto waiver of any "security" predicate for my exclusion.

Lowes Island Invitation: By inviting me to attend a "Grownups" event on-site, Lowes Island Elementary—the home school of Principal Nick Cottone—has forensically admitted that the District does not believe I pose a threat to staff or students.
Inconsistency of Police Power: The District cannot utilize the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office to enforce a criminal ban while simultaneously utilizing its own communication platforms to solicit my physical and financial presence.

II. CONTINUED ADMINISTRATIVE ENTRAPMENT Directing me to "RSVP here" via a digital link while maintaining a criminal "Digital Blockade" is a bad-faith maneuver designed to bait a technical violation of the No-Trespass order. This is a willful act of Administrative Entrapment.

III. LARCENY BY TRICK AND FEDERAL OBSTRUCTION These solicitations occur while LCPS remains in default on 1,141+ FOIA records for which they accepted $559.70. Utilizing school resources for "Auction" fundraising while suppressing evidence of State-Actor Collusion with private attorney Lindsay Mohler is a violation of Va. Code § 18.2-178 and the Virginia Whistle Blower Protection Act.

IV. NOTICE TO FEDERAL OCR These May 4 communications are being forwarded to the Office for Civil Rights as further evidence of Aggravated Retaliation. The District’s pattern of inviting me to "social" and "fundraising" events while excluding me from my son’s IEP and disciplinary proceedings is a manifest violation of Section 504 and the ADA.

REQUIRED IMMEDIATE ACTION:

RESCIND the fraudulent February 24 No-Trespass order immediately.
DELIVER all paid-for FOIA records via physical mail to my Chicago address.
VACATE the retaliatory five-day suspension of Rex Rubis.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis (Joint Legal Custodian)

(214) 681-7991

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Mon, May 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM

TO: Dr. Kate Ridgeway, Principal, Lowes Island Elementary

CC: Dr. Aaron Spence; Marc Bergin; John Clark; LCSB; LCSO; Leesburg Police; Tedra Richardson

DATE: May 4, 2026

RE: FORMAL OBJECTION TO ILLEGAL DISCIPLINARY SANCTION — BEAU RUBIS; NOTICE OF AGGRAVATED RETALIATION AND IEP INTERFERENCE

Dr. Ridgeway,

I am in receipt of your 4:01 PM email regarding a purported incident in the library. This communication, and your intent to proceed with an In-School Restriction (ISR) on April 30, is formally rejected as procedurally defective and retaliatory.

1. Violation of Federal IDEA Mandates Beau is a student protected by a social-emotional IEP. Per LCPS Regulation 8220.1 and the IDEA, you are prohibited from implementing disciplinary removals without first conducting a Manifestation Determination Review (MDR). Your unilateral imposition of ISR—following my 7:05 AM notice regarding your role in Aggravated Retaliation—is a documented attempt to interfere with mandated educational services.

2. Persistent Administrative Entrapment You direct me to ParentVue for "further information." You were formally served notice this morning (7:05 AM and 12:00 PM) that the February 24 No-Trespass Order bars my access to all digital platforms. By referencing a blocked platform to satisfy a due process requirement, you are engaged in Administrative Fraud and Larceny by Trick.

3. Breach of Court-Ordered MSA The Marriage Settlement Agreement (MSA) requires "Good Faith Consultation" prior to major educational decisions. Implementing a sanction within hours of a manufactured "incident"—and without providing the Joint Legal Custodian a meaningful opportunity to review evidence—is a Material Breach of a Virginia court order.

4. Temporal Nexus of Retaliation This "incident" occurred within hours of my serving LCPS leadership with a Notice of Formal Complaint: Aggravated Retaliation. The timing is documented as a retaliatory strike against a minor child to silence a whistleblower.

REQUIRED IMMEDIATE ACTION:

STAY the ISR immediately pending a formal MDR and review by the Assistant Superintendent.
DELIVER all witness statements and the specific policy code violated via physical mail or direct PDF attachment to bypass the digital blockade you have enabled.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis

Joint Legal Custodian

(214) 681-7991

Gmail

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Wed, May 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Via Email and USPS Certified Mail Return Receipt Requested

TO: Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff; John Clark, Director of Safety; LCPS School Board

CC: Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office; Leesburg Police, et al.

DATE: May 6, 2026

RE: SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATION OF COORDINATED RETALIATION AND WITNESS INTIMIDATION (May 4, 2026 Event)

I. THE 175-MINUTE RETALIATION WINDOW

Take formal notice of the following forensic sequence documented on May 4, 2026, which establishes a prima facie case of Unlawful Information Exchange and Administrative Collusion:

07:05 AM: Complainant served LCPS Leadership with a formal Master Forensic Complaint documenting Federal Crimes (18 U.S.C. § 1341 & § 1512) and naming government vendor QlikTech, Inc. and private attorney Lindsay Mohler as co-conspirators.
10:00 AM: Within exactly 175 minutes, the other parent—represented by the aforementioned Lindsay Mohler (Troxell Leigh P.C.)—issued a targeted legal threat stating she would "direct my counsel to file a rule of show cause against you." Forensic Analysis of the "10:00 AM Strike": The temporal proximity of this threat is forensically impossible without a direct "tip-off" from LCPS administration to private counsel. By signaling to Lindsay Mohler that a formal criminal and civil rights complaint had been filed, LCPS officials effectively triggered a secondary front of family court harassment to serve as a "counter-strike." This coordination intended to compel the complainant to withdraw his protected HRTD and OCR complaints constitutes Witness Intimidation (18 U.S.C. § 1512) and Conspiracy Against Rights (18 U.S.C. § 241).

II. CONTINUING STATE-ACTOR NEXUS & LACK OF SAFE HARBOR

The District’s continued utilization of Lindsay Mohler as an unofficial enforcement arm confirms the State-Actor Nexus previously identified in this record. By "renting" the litigation power of a private firm to execute a "starve-out" strategy against a whistleblower, LCPS has moved beyond administrative overreach into Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law (18 U.S.C. § 242).

The threat of a "Rule to Show Cause" issued while the complainant was under the explicit protection of Federal Safe Harbor and Anti-SLAPP provisions is a toxic, unlawful act of retaliation that LCPS leadership has now ratified through its coordination.

III. DEMAND FOR DISCLOSURE & PRESERVATION

I hereby demand the immediate disclosure of all communications—including but not limited to emails, SMS/text messages, and phone logs—between Marc Bergin, John Clark, or Nick Cottone and Lindsay Mohler/Troxell Leigh P.C. occurring between 07:00 and 11:00 on May 4, 2026.

Be advised that any deletion of these records following the 07:05 AM filing will be treated as a willful act of Spoliation of Evidence in a federal matter. Failure to produce these records or provide a credible, non-retaliatory explanation for the 175-minute window will be treated as an admission of Conspiratorial Coordination.

I hereby demand the immediate disclosure of all communications between Marc Bergin, John Clark, or Nick Cottone and Lindsay Mohler occurring between 07:00 and 11:00 on May 4, 2026. Failure to produce these records will be treated as an admission of conspiratorial coordination. You have 48 hours to confirm rescission of the NTO.

IV. FINAL NOTICE OF PERSONAL LIABILITY

TO ALL RECIPIENTS: Every official involved in the "May 4 Tip-Off" is hereby placed on notice that they have stepped outside the scope of their official duties to facilitate private legal harassment. Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, you are NOT entitled to qualified immunity for the intentional coordination of witness intimidation.

V. ANTI-SLAPP PROTECTION & SAFE HARBOR DECLARATION

This communication and all prior filings constitute a "Petition for Redress of Grievances" protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Constitution of Virginia.

Virginia Anti-SLAPP (Va. Code § 8.01-223.2): Any attempt by LCPS, Lindsay Mohler, or Troxell Leigh P.C. to utilize the "Rule to Show Cause" threat as a basis for legal retaliation is a violation of Virginia’s Anti-SLAPP statute. Statements made regarding the misconduct of LCPS and QlikTech are matters of public concern and are subject to statutory immunity.
Whistleblower Safe Harbor: Pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and VA Code § 2.2-3011, any further adverse actions—including coordinated domestic litigation—will be treated as willful acts of witness intimidation.

VI. MANDATORY REMEDIES & ADMINISTRATIVE DEMANDS

Immediate Termination Proceedings: For Nick Cottone and John Clark.
Immediate Administrative Suspension: For Marc Bergin and Rae Mitchell.
Unconditional Rescission of NTO: A formal retracted notice stating the NTO was issued without a factual or legal basis.
Remediation of FOIA Larceny: Immediate electronic release of the 944 records (R002510).
Financial Restitution: Notice of claim for $2,148,000.00 and continuing.

Steve Rubis

Joint Legal Custodian

214-681-7991

Ex Wife's Legal Threat

Gmail

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Wed, May 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Via Email and USPS Certified Mail Return Receipt Requested

TO: Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff; John Clark, Director of Safety; LCPS School Board

CC: Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office; Leesburg Police, et al.

DATE: May 6, 2026

RE: SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATION OF COORDINATED RETALIATION AND WITNESS INTIMIDATION (May 4, 2026 Event)

I. THE 175-MINUTE RETALIATION WINDOW

Take formal notice of the following forensic sequence documented on May 4, 2026, which establishes a prima facie case of Unlawful Information Exchange and Administrative Collusion:

07:05 AM: Complainant served LCPS Leadership with a formal Master Forensic Complaint documenting Federal Crimes (18 U.S.C. § 1341 & § 1512) and naming government vendor QlikTech, Inc. and private attorney Lindsay Mohler as co-conspirators.
10:00 AM: Within exactly 175 minutes, the other parent—represented by the aforementioned Lindsay Mohler (Troxell Leigh P.C.)—issued a targeted legal threat stating she would "direct my counsel to file a rule of show cause against you." Forensic Analysis of the "10:00 AM Strike": The temporal proximity of this threat is forensically impossible without a direct "tip-off" from LCPS administration to private counsel. By signaling to Lindsay Mohler that a formal criminal and civil rights complaint had been filed, LCPS officials effectively triggered a secondary front of family court harassment to serve as a "counter-strike." This coordination intended to compel the complainant to withdraw his protected HRTD and OCR complaints constitutes Witness Intimidation (18 U.S.C. § 1512) and Conspiracy Against Rights (18 U.S.C. § 241).

II. CONTINUING STATE-ACTOR NEXUS & LACK OF SAFE HARBOR

III. DEMAND FOR DISCLOSURE & PRESERVATION

IV. FINAL NOTICE OF PERSONAL LIABILITY

V. ANTI-SLAPP PROTECTION & SAFE HARBOR DECLARATION

This communication and all prior filings constitute a "Petition for Redress of Grievances" protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Constitution of Virginia.

Virginia Anti-SLAPP (Va. Code § 8.01-223.2): Any attempt by LCPS, Lindsay Mohler, or Troxell Leigh P.C. to utilize the "Rule to Show Cause" threat as a basis for legal retaliation is a violation of Virginia’s Anti-SLAPP statute. Statements made regarding the misconduct of LCPS and QlikTech are matters of public concern and are subject to statutory immunity.
Whistleblower Safe Harbor: Pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and VA Code § 2.2-3011, any further adverse actions—including coordinated domestic litigation—will be treated as willful acts of witness intimidation.

VI. MANDATORY REMEDIES & ADMINISTRATIVE DEMANDS

Immediate Termination Proceedings: For Nick Cottone and John Clark.
Immediate Administrative Suspension: For Marc Bergin and Rae Mitchell.
Unconditional Rescission of NTO: A formal retracted notice stating the NTO was issued without a factual or legal basis.
Remediation of FOIA Larceny: Immediate electronic release of the 944 records (R002510).
Financial Restitution: Notice of claim for $2,148,000.00 and continuing.

Steve Rubis

Joint Legal Custodian

214-681-7991

2 attachments

260504 Gmail - Expense Reimbursement.pdf
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260504 Gmail - LCPS Letter - NTO email chain.pdf
1160K

Gmail

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Thu, May 7, 2026 at 7:05 AM

TO: Dr. Aaron Spence; Marc Bergin; John Clark; Loudoun County School Board

CC: LCSO; Leesburg Police; Dr. Jason Allison; Dr. John Brewer; Tedra Richardson

DATE: May 6, 2026

SUBJECT: RE: [Master Record] ADMISSION OF PROCEDURAL MALFEASANCE & SELECTIVE USPS RESPONSIVENESS — REX RUBIS

I. DOCUMENTATION OF EX POST FACTO DUE PROCESS

I am re-anchoring this 12:57 PM communication from Dr. Jason Allison into the Forensic Record. This email, which provides the underlying "evidence" for a suspension that has already concluded, is a de facto admission of Procedural Fraud.

The Violation: LCPS Regulation 8220.1 requires the "explanation of facts known to school personnel" be provided to the parent to facilitate an appeal. Withholding the statement and drawings until May 6—after Rex served a suspension that began April 29—rendered the "right to appeal" a fraudulent sham.

II. SELECTIVE RESPONSIVENESS TO USPS CERTIFIED MAIL

This production occurred immediately following the delivery of my 15th and 16th USPS Certified Letters to Dr. Brewer and Mr. Bergin.

The Malfeasance: This proves that LCPS leadership is capable of responding to certified legal notices but has maintained a policy of Administrative Silence regarding the previous 14 letters to shield Nick Cottone and John Clark, as well as, Lindsay Mohler, her firm Troxel Leigh P.C., and QlikTech, Inc. (Qlik) from accountability.

III. CUSTODIAL INTERFERENCE & MSA VIOLATION

The production of these documents to me today confirms that LCPS provided "Real-Time Notification" to the mother on April 28 while willfully bypassing the Joint Legal Custodian.

The Proof: The mother was able to "address the matter directly" and implement unilateral "discipline" (Schindler's List report) because LCPS provided her the evidence they concurrently withheld from me. This is a documented State-Actor Nexus used to facilitate Custodial Interference and a breach of my MSA.

IV. VOIDANCE OF THE "VOLUNTARY" STATEMENT

I formally reject and void the "Statement Form" dated April 28, 2026. Taking a statement from a minor student regarding "hate speech" charges without notifying or inviting the Joint Legal Custodian—particularly while I am under a retaliatory No-Trespass Order—constitutes Administrative Entrapment and a violation of parental rights.

V. STANDING DEMAND

The belated "cure" of this procedural defect does not absolve the District of Aggravated Retaliation. I reiterate my demand for the immediate expungement of this suspension from Rex's record due to the documented Failure of Due Process.

Steven Rubis

Joint Legal Custodian

Gmail

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

LCPS Letter

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Mon, May 11, 2026 at 7:00 AM

VIA EMAIL (URGENT - FORENSIC RECORD)

DATE: May 11, 2026

TO: Marc Bergin, Chief of Staff; John Clark, Director of Safety & Security; Dr. Aaron Spence, Superintendent, LCPS administration, LCPS School Board, Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), Leesburg Police

FROM: Steven Rubis (Joint Legal Custodian)

SUBJECT: SUPPLEMENTAL NOTICE OF AGGRAVATED RETALIATION AND OBSTRUCTION OF STATE MEDIATION (THE ODRAS SMOKING GUN)

To the Loudoun County Public School (LCPS) Administration:

This letter serves as a formal supplement to the forensic record regarding the February 24, 2026, No-Trespass Order. I am formally incorporating the February 24, 2026 (4:28 PM) email from the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) ODRAS as definitive proof of Aggravated Retaliation and Obstruction of Justice.

I. THE 16-HOUR RETALIATORY STRIKE

The temporal proximity between the state’s recommendation for mediation and the District’s issuance of a criminal ban constitutes a "Smoking Gun" of administrative malice:

Feb 24, 4:28 PM: ODRAS issued a formal notice to both parties "highly encouraging" state-sponsored mediation to resolve my complaints.
Feb 25, 8:32 AM: Less than 16 hours after the ODRAS notice, and while I remained 700 miles away in Chicago, John Clark issued the No-Trespass Order.
Forensic Conclusion: LCPS utilized the window immediately following state intervention to manufacture a "Security" pretext, effectively sabotaging the state-administered process and criminalizing my participation in the recommended mediation.

II. WILLFUL OBSTRUCTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

The No-Trespass Order purports to ban my "digital presence" and use of "virtual resources". By issuing this order immediately following the ODRAS proposal, LCPS willfully obstructed a state-administered negotiation process. This is a documented violation of the Virginia Fraud and Abuse Whistle Blower Protection Act (Va. Code § 2.2-3011) and a bad-faith interference with a student’s right to a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE).

III. WAIVER OF SECURITY PREDICATE VIA CONTINUED SOLICITATION

The District’s claim that this ban was necessitated by a "threat" is forensically invalidated by the fact that LCPS has issued six (6) distinct solicitations for my participation in "Titan" fundraising and "Donuts with Grownups" events since the ODRAS email was received. The District cannot simultaneously obstruct state mediation via a "security" ban while soliciting my physical and financial presence on school grounds.

IV. WAIVER OF SECURITY PREDICATE: THE CAREER DAY SOLICITATION

The District’s claim that this ban was necessitated by a "threat" is forensically invalidated by the fact that LCPS has now issued six (6) distinct solicitations for my participation in fundraising and school events since the ODRAS email was received, my Federal US DOE OCR complaint was filed, and LCPS issued the fraudulent and retaliatory No-Trespass Order against me on February 24, 2026. The most recent outreach being from Cheryl Shotwell on May 6, 2026.

The Invite: Shotwell invited me to serve as a Career Day Volunteer to address fourth and fifth-grade students—including Beau and Charles Rubis—on May 22, 2024.
Forensic Absurdity: LCPS cannot legally sustain a "security" ban while simultaneously soliciting a parent to lead classroom lessons for minors. This invitation constitutes a full administrative waiver of the NTO's safety predicate.

V. NOTICE TO FEDERAL OCR AND VDOE

This evidence of "Circular Retaliation"—wherein LCPS utilized a state intervention as the trigger for a criminal ban—is being provided to U.S. Department of Education OCR and ODRAS as proof of Actual Malice and Administrative Fraud.

REQUIRED IMMEDIATE ACTION:

VI. MANDATORY REMEDIES & ADMINISTRATIVE DEMANDS

Immediate Termination Proceedings: For Nick Cottone and John Clark.
Immediate Administrative Suspension: For Marc Bergin and Rae Mitchell.
Unconditional Rescission of NTO: A formal retracted notice stating the NTO was issued without a factual or legal basis. Full restoration of my parental rights that have been revoked by LCPS without due cause or any legal proceeding occurring.
Remediation of FOIA Larceny: Immediate electronic release of the 944 records (R002510). DELIVER the 1,141+ FOIA records ($559.70) that LCPS has withheld as part of this retaliatory blockade.
Financial Restitution: Notice of claim for $2,148,000.00 and continuing.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis (Joint Legal Custodian)

(214) 681-7991

(202) 997-4815

2 attachments

260224 Gmail - C26-398 Letter of Inquiry C.R. Loudoun.pdf
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260506 Gmail - C04E00-402 - Gr 4 School Counselor Classroom Lessons (Beau Rubis), C05E00-505 - Gr 5 School Counselor Classroom Lessons (Charles Rubis) - Career Day Volunteers.pdf
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I have sent 24 USPS certified letters return receipt requested to LCPS. The letters contained the emails listed above. Here are the USPS details

	Green Return Receipt Cards
	Tracking #	Person	Organization	Date Delivered	Green Cards
24	9590-9402-0106-6058-4029-34	Mark Bergin	LCPS	5/18/2026
23	9590-9402-0106-6058-4029-27	Mark Bergin	LCPS	?
22	9590-9402-0106-6058-4029-10	Mark Bergin	LCPS	5/18/2026	Yes
21	9590-9402-0106-6058-4028-73	Mark Bergin	LCPS	5/18/2026	Yes
20	9590-9402-0106-6058-4028-97	Mark Bergin	LCPS	?
19	9590-9402-0106-6058-4028-80	Mark Bergin	LCPS	?
18	9590-9402-0106-6058-4029-03	Mark Bergin	LCPS	5/18/2026	Yes
17	9590-9402-0106-6058-4029-65	Mark Bergin	LCPS	?
16	9590-9402-9292-4295-9894-77	Mark Bergin	LCPS	5/12/2026	Yes
15	9590-9402-9292-4295-9894-84	John Brewer	LCPS	5/13/2026	Yes
14	9590-9402-0106-6058-4029-72	Mark Bergin	LCPS	5/1/2026	Yes
13	9590-9402-0106-6058-4029-41	Mark Bergin	LCPS	5/1/2026	Yes
12	9590-9402-0106-6058-4030-54	Mark Bergin	LCPS	4/24/2026	Yes
11	9590-9402-0106-6058-4030-61	Mark Bergin	LCPS	4/24/2026	Yes
10	9590-9402-9292-4295-9800-78	Mark Bergin	LCPS	4/10/2026	Yes
9	9590-9402-9292-4295-9804-43	Mark Bergin	LCPS	3/24/2026	Yes
8	9590-9402-9292-4295-9803-68	Mark Bergin	LCPS	Delivered	Yes
7	9590-9402-9292-4295-9804-67	John Clark	LCPS	3/11/2026	Yes
6	9590-9402-9292-4295-9815-70	Aaron Spence	LCPS	1/8/2026	Yes
5	9590-9402-9292-4295-9817-47	Aaron Spence	LCPS	12/20/2025	Yes
4	9590-9402-9292-4295-9817-23	Aaron Spence	LCPS	12/20/2025	Yes
3	9590-9402-9292-4295-9817-30	Kate Ridgeway	LCPS	12/19/2025	Yes
2	9590-9402-9292-4295-9812-59	Aaron Spence	LCPS	12/17/2025	Yes
1	9590-9402-9292-4295-9815-49	Aaron Spence	LCPS	12/18/2025	Yes

My Correspondence to LCPS
Tracking #	Person	Organization	Date Delivered
9589-0710-5270-2519-0030-36	Mark Bergin	LCPS	5/15/2026	10:39 am et
9589-0710-5270-2519-0030-43	Mark Bergin	LCPS	5/18/2026	12:08 pm et
9589-0710-5270-2519-0030-50	Mark Bergin	LCPS	5/14/2026	12:35 PM ET
9589-0710-5270-2519-0030-29	Mark Bergin	LCPS	5/14/2026	12:35 PM ET
9589-0710-5270-2519-0030-05	Mark Bergin	LCPS	5/14/2026	12:37 pm ET
9589-0710-5270-2519-0030-12	Mark Bergin	LCPS	?
9589-0710-5270-2519-0030-92	Mark Bergin	LCPS	?
9589-0710-5270-2519-0029-47	Mark Bergin	LCPS	5/7/2026	12:55 pm ET
9589-0710-5270-3374-1553-35	Mark Bergin	LCPS	5/7/2026	12:54 pm ET
9589-0710-5270-3374-1562-71	John Brewer	LCPS	5/5/2026	11:45 am ET
9589-0710-5270-2519-0027-63	Mark Bergin	LCPS	4/27/2026	12:36 pm ET
9589-0710-5270-2519-0027-70	Mark Bergin	LCPS	4/27/2026	12:37 pm ET
9589-0710-5270-4032-0762-52	Mark Bergin	LCPS	4/21/2026	12:13 pm ET
9589-0710-5270-4032-0762-69	Mark Bergin	LCPS	4/21/2026	12:13 pm ET
9589-0710-5270-4032-0754-08	Mark Bergin	LCPS	4/6/2026
9589-0710-5270-0045-3539-53	Mark Bergin	LCPS	3/19/2026
9589-0710-5270-0045-3536-18	Mark Bergin	LCPS	3/12/2026
9589-0710-5270-0045-3523-90	John Clark	LCPS	3/4/2026
9589-0710-5270-0045-3573-57	Aaron Spence	LCPS	1/5/2026
9589-0710-5270-0045-3576-54	Aaron Spence	LCPS	12/15/2025
9589-0710-5270-0045-3577-08	Aaron Spence	LCPS	12/15/2025
9589-0710-5270-0045-3576-78	kate ridgeway	LCPS	12/15/2025
9589-0710-5270-0045-3576-16	Aaron Spence	LCPS	12/12/2025
9589-0710-5270-0045-3576-23	Aaron Spence	LCPS	12/12/2025

Exhibit B

In Exhibit B, I provide excerpts from a billing statement provided to my by Lindsay Mohler, and her firm Troxel Leigh P.C. Ms. Mohler serves as council for my ex wife against me. The billing documents illustrate illegal and unlawful collusion between her, her firm and LCPS. I have raised these concerns to LCPS and have been retaliated against by LCPS, and Ms. Mohler and her firm Troxel Leigh.

The following billing entries illustrate collusion between private attorney Lindsay Mohler, and her firm Troxel Leigh with both LCPS and LCSO employees in a private civil matter, where no legal predicate existed for such communication

The following billing entry illustrates that no legal predicate existed for the communications between Mohler and LCPS and LCSO in October 2023, as these communications occurred prior to an actual legal action, and furthermore, illustrate that Lindsay Mohler and Troxel Leigh P.C. utilized LCPS and LCSO to manufacture and obtain an advantage in creating a legal action against me which is a significant Civil Rights violation

Subsequent to these actions, Lindsay Mohler and Troxel Leigh P.C. served the principal of Lowes Island Elementary School and Seneca Ridge Middle School, both LCPS schools, where my three children were attending. LCPS failed to notify me in anyway shape or form that the principals of these institutions were subpoenaed regarding a legal action against me. More importantly, the legal action did not involve my children or my custodial rights, and therefore, the supboenas were inapprorpriate and the non-disclosure to me unlawful

Then on March 10, 2026, in response to a FOIA request regarding communications between Lindsay Mohler, Troxel Leigh P.C., and LCPS, LCPS denied to provided responsive records and cited attorney client privilege. Ms. Mohler is council for my ex wife, she does not work for LCPS and does not represent LCPS. Therefore, it is unlawful and highly suspect for LCPS to assert a claim of privilege over the identified communications. The only reason for LCPS to take such a position is that the documents are so damaging to Mohler, Troxel Leigh, LCPS, and LCSO, that LCPS is willing to break the law to withhold the information.

Gmail

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

LCPS Service Request Updated :: R002480-012526

Loudoun County Public Schools Public Records <lcps@govqa.us>

Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM

To: "stevenrubis@gmail.com" <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

--- Please respond above this line ---

RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of January 25, 2026, Reference # R002480-012526.

Dear Steven Rubis,

Loudoun County Public Schools received a public information request from you on January 25, 2026 for the following:

“TO: Dan Adams (Acting Public Information Officer / VFOIA Officer)

DATE: January 25, 2026

RE: VFOIA Request – Private Legal Coordination and Executive Correspondence

Request Text: Pursuant to the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Va. Code § 2.2-3700 et seq.), I request copies of any and all correspondence (including but not limited to emails, text messages, and internal memos) between the following parties for the period of January 1, 2023, to the present:

External Parties:

Lindsay Mohler (lmohler@tllawpc.com)

Gareth Bowen (gbowen@tllawpc.com)

General domain: @tllawpc.com

Internal LCPS Parties:

Executive/Legal: Dr. Aaron Spence, Shontel Simon, Rae Mitchell, Paige Carter, Gus Martinez.

Administrative/School: Dr. Kate Ridgeway, Nick Cottone, John Brewer, Andrew Davis.

Investigative/Oversight: Devina Martin, Ashley Stocks, Lisa Boland, Tedra Richardson, the LCPS School Board (lcsb@lcps.org), and the LCPS Ombudsman.

Keywords/Search Terms: This search should include, but not be limited to, the names "Steven Rubis," "Timothy Iversen," and references to "Seneca Ridge Middle School," "Lowes Island Elementary," or "incident report/workforce complaint."

Request for Fee Waiver: As an investigative publisher (nickcottone.blogspot.com), these records are requested in the public interest to document the intersection of private legal entities and public school administration. I request a waiver of all fees; should fees exceed $25.00, please provide an itemized estimate before proceeding.”

Loudoun County Public Schools has reviewed its files and has located responsive records to your request. Please log in to the Public Records Center to retrieve the appropriate responsive documents. In addition, 172 pages of records contain the written advice of legal counsel and other information protected by attorney-client privilege, withheld from disclosure under Va. Code § 2.2-3705.1(2); 34 pages contain investigative notes and other correspondence, and information furnished in confidence with respect to an investigation, withheld from disclosure under Va. Code §§ 2.2-3705.3(3) and 2.2-3705.3(5); 5 pages contain the working papers and correspondence of the Superintendent, withheld from disclosure pursuant to Va. Code § 2.2-3705.7(2); and 5 pages contain information that would reveal security, operational, procedural or tactical plans or protocols, the disclosure of which would jeopardize the safety or security of any person; governmental facility, building, or structure or persons using such facility, building, or structure, and are withheld from disclosure pursuant to Va. Code § 2.2-3705.2(14)(c).

Public Records Request - R002480-012526

If you have any questions, or wish to discuss this further, please contact me at (571)252-1040 or LCPSFOIA@lcps.org.

Sincerely,

Dan Adams
FOIA Officer
Loudoun County Public Schools

Exhibit C

In Exhibit C, I illustrate several emails sent to LCPS, which included both Dr. Aaron Spence and the LCPS School Board, notifying them that I had filed a Federal OCR complaint and a complaint with Virginia DOE.

Gmail

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

NOTICE OF FILING: FEDERAL (OCR) & STATE (VDOE) INVESTIGATIONS - SELECTIVE DATA SPOLIATION (Charles Rubis)

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM

To: Aaron Spence <aaron.spence@lcps.org>, Schoolboardemail <lcsb@lcps.org>, legal@lcps.org, Lisa Boland <lisa.boland@lcps.org>, Rae Mitchell <Rae.Mitchell@lcps.org>, Tedra Richardson <tedra.richardson@lcps.org>, Paige Carter <paige.carter@lcps.org>, Andrew.Davis@lcps.org, LCPS-SUP-Ombuds <ombuds@lcps.org>, Shontel Simon <Shontel.Simon@lcps.org>, Kate Ridgeway <Kate.Ridgeway@lcps.org>, Jennifer Painter <Jennifer.Painter@lcps.org>, Celesta Lewis <celesta.lewis@lcps.org>, Kelsey Goodnight <Kelsey.Goodnight@lcps.org>, caroline.longacre@lcps.org, Cheryl Shotwell <cheryl.shotwell@lcps.org>

Cc: omni-sped@doe.virginia.gov, ocr.dc@ed.gov

Subject: NOTICE OF FILING: FEDERAL (OCR) & STATE (VDOE) INVESTIGATIONS - SELECTIVE DATA SPOLIATION (Charles Rubis)

TO: Dr. Aaron Spence (Superintendent); LCPS Legal; Gus Martinez (Executive Principal) CC: Dr. Kate Ridgeway; Celesta Lewis; Kelsey Goodnight; VDOE (omni-sped@doe.virginia.gov); OCR (OCR.DC@ed.gov)

DATE: February 9, 2026

Dear Dr. Spence and LCPS Legal,

Be advised that as of 6:45 PM today, I have formally escalated the matter of the "Digital Blockade" regarding Charles Rubis’s federal educational records to the following authorities:

U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR): A formal Retaliation and Disability Discrimination complaint has been filed (Ref: Submission dated Feb 9, 2026). The complaint specifically cites the manual suppression of my access to Charles’s records following my 8:00 AM whistleblower disclosure.
Virginia Department of Education (VDOE): An Emergency Administrative Appeal has been filed regarding the constructive denial of records access under 34 CFR § 300.613.

Notice of Litigation Hold & Stay: I am formally renewing my demand for an Immediate Administrative Stay of the February 12, 2026, transition tour at Seneca Ridge Middle School. Any attempt to proceed with this transition while federal records are being suppressed will be documented as a willful act of Actual Malice and Administrative Fraud.

Furthermore, the District is under a formal duty to preserve all system audit logs for the Virginia IEP Connect and Synergy portals for February 9, 2026, to identify the User ID responsible for the manual restriction of my parental access.

I await confirmation that access has been restored and the transition activities have been stayed pending the outcome of these investigations.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis

I then sent the following email as a supplement to Dr. Aaron Spence and the LCPS School Board among others:

Gmail

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

NOTICE OF FILING: FEDERAL (OCR) & STATE (VDOE) INVESTIGATIONS - SELECTIVE DATA SPOLIATION (Charles Rubis)

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM

To: Aaron Spence <aaron.spence@lcps.org>, Schoolboardemail <lcsb@lcps.org>, legal@lcps.org, Lisa Boland <lisa.boland@lcps.org>, Rae Mitchell <Rae.Mitchell@lcps.org>, Tedra Richardson <tedra.richardson@lcps.org>, Paige Carter <paige.carter@lcps.org>, Andrew.Davis@lcps.org, LCPS-SUP-Ombuds <ombuds@lcps.org>, Shontel Simon <Shontel.Simon@lcps.org>, Kate Ridgeway <Kate.Ridgeway@lcps.org>, Jennifer Painter <Jennifer.Painter@lcps.org>, Celesta Lewis <celesta.lewis@lcps.org>, Kelsey Goodnight <Kelsey.Goodnight@lcps.org>, caroline.longacre@lcps.org, Cheryl Shotwell <cheryl.shotwell@lcps.org>

Cc: omni-sped@doe.virginia.gov, ocr.dc@ed.gov

Subject: URGENT SUPPLEMENT: Clinical Safety Data & Emotional Disability Classification (Charles Rubis)

TO: Dr. Aaron Spence (Superintendent); LCPS Legal; Gus Martinez (Executive Principal) CC: Dr. Kate Ridgeway; VDOE (omni-sped@doe.virginia.gov); OCR (OCR.DC@ed.gov)

Dear Dr. Spence and LCPS Legal,

Further to my previous notice regarding the digital records blockade for Charles Rubis, I am attaching the student’s April 2025 IEP for your immediate review.

The District must recognize that the records currently being suppressed are not merely academic—they are life-safety records. As documented on Pages 1 and 3-4 of the attached IEP:

Primary Disability: Charles is classified under Emotional Disability.
Clinical Vulnerabilities: The IEP documents symptoms of "perfectionism, anxiety, depression, and a low level of frustration tolerance."
Specific Risk: The District has identified that his disability results in "shutting down" and "destructive behavior."

By manually terminating my parental access to this behavioral and mental health data within 60 minutes of my whistleblower disclosure, the District has knowingly obstructed my ability to monitor the emotional stability of a student at high clinical risk.

This attachment serves as a formal notice that the District is now in possession of the specific clinical reasons why this "Digital Blockade" constitutes a threat to student safety.

Steven Rubis

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CHarles RUbis IEP for 2025.pdf
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Here is the email submission I sent to VA DOE

Gmail

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

EMERGENCY: Consolidated Complaint - Record Suppression (Charles Rubis / LCPS)
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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 9:17 PM

To: Hank.Millward@doe.virginia.gov, Samantha.Hollins@doe.virginia.gov

CONSOLIDATED EMERGENCY FILING

DATE: February 10, 2026 TO: Hank.Millward@doe.virginia.gov; Samantha.Hollins@doe.virginia.gov; special-education.complaints@doe.virginia.gov FROM: Steven Rubis, Parent / Joint Legal Custodian RE: Emergency Complaint: Record Suppression and Multi-Year Rights Deprivation (Charles Rubis / LCPS)

Dear Mr. Millward and Dr. Hollins,

I am filing this consolidated emergency notice because your department's automated servers are rejecting individual transmissions (Error 550: Access Denied). Attached to this email are four critical evidence chains documenting a 48-hour campaign of record suppression by Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS).

Summary of Attached Evidence:

Attachment 1 (IEP Addendum): Clinical context regarding Charles’s Emotional Disability and the safety risks of withholding his behavioral data.
Attachment 2 (Data Spoliation Notice): Proof that LCPS was served with a Litigation Hold to preserve audit logs before the historical records were removed.
Attachment 3 (Administrative Gaslighting): Documentation of LCPS leadership reframing reported civil rights violations as "unprofessional personal attacks".
Attachment 4 (Forensic Audit Request): Evidence that as of February 10, the April 2025 IEP and all records dating back to 2022 have been forensically scrubbed from my portal view.

Legal Context: These actions are the latest escalation in a multi-year campaign to bypass my joint legal custody rights. The District intentionally exploits a "One-Signature" policy to allow the other parent to sign off on high-stakes changes—including a forced transition tour this Thursday, February 12—while suppressing the legal documents required for my review.

Required Action: I request an immediate forensic audit of the Virginia IEP system logs to identify the User ID responsible for scrubbing these records. I further demand an immediate Administrative Stay of the February 12 transition until my full access is restored.

Respectfully submitted,

Steven Rubis

4 attachments

260210 Gmail - URGENT_ Forensic Audit Requested - Systematic Erasure of Records and Multi-Year Rights Deprivation (Charles Rubis).pdf
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260209 Gmail - NOTICE OF FILING_ FEDERAL (OCR) & STATE (VDOE) INVESTIGATIONS - SELECTIVE DATA SPOLIATION (Charles Rubis).pdf
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260209 Charles Rubis IEP addendum email.pdf
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260210 Gmail - NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE GASLIGHTING AND PROCEDURAL NON-COMPLIANCE.pdf
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DOE - ODRAS <ODRAS@doe.virginia.gov>

Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 8:33 AM

To: "stevenrubis@gmail.com" <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Hello –

Thank you for your inquiry. The Virginia Department of Education is in receipt of your correspondence and will forward it to staff in the Office of Special Education Dispute Resolution for review. Department staff will follow up accordingly. For direct assistance, you may contact the Office of Dispute Resolution and Administrative Services at (804) 750-8143 or via email at odras@doe.virginia.gov. Information regarding special education dispute resolution can be found on the VDOE website at Resolving Disputes.

Thank you,

Department of Special Education and Specialized Populations

Office of Dispute Resolution and Administrative Services

VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

101 N. 14th Street, Richmond, VA 23219

8047508143 | odras@doe.virginia.gov

https://www.doe.virginia.gov/programs-services/special-education/resolving-disputes

Here is my submission to Federal OCR:

Here are the emails representing the initial submission and subsequent updates in February 2026:

Gmail

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

URGENT SAFETY ADDENDUM & CONSENT FORM: Charles Rubis (Emotional Disability / Retaliation Case)
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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 10:24 PM

To: ocr.dc@ed.gov

Subject: URGENT SAFETY ADDENDUM & CONSENT FORM: Charles Rubis (Emotional Disability / Retaliation Case)

To the OCR Investigator:

Please find my signed OCR Complaint Consent Form attached, along with the following Exhibits supporting my complaint filed on February 9, 2026. This addendum highlights the urgent safety risks created by the "Digital Blockade" enacted by Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS).

The records currently being suppressed by the District are life-safety records for a student with a primary disability of Emotional Disability. According to his April 2025 IEP (Page 3-4):

Clinical Vulnerability: Charles is documented as having symptoms of "anxiety, depression, and a low level of frustration tolerance."
Identified Risk: The District has documented that his disability presents as "shutting down" or "destructive behavior."
Specific Concern: In October 2025, the other parent reported Charles returning home "depressed." Despite this, the District has refused to provide daily behavioral logs or mental health progress data.

Pattern of Administrative Retaliation (Evidence Attached): The manual termination of my records access today occurred within 60 minutes of a whistleblower disclosure. This is consistent with the District's prior conduct:

Exhibit A (April 2025 IEP): Proves the District has long-standing knowledge of Charles’s Emotional Disability and safety triggers.
Exhibit B (December 17, 2025 Email): Documented notice to LCPS regarding a physical safety incident on Dec 12, where staff mocked the student’s disability and delayed notification to me for four days.
Exhibit C (December 19, 2025 "Ambush" Letter): A letter from Chief of Schools Rae Mitchell attempting to silence my reports of these IEP violations by characterizing them as "unprofessional attacks."

The Danger of the Blockade: By blocking my access, the District is preventing me—a joint legal custodian—from monitoring the daily emotional stability of a student at high clinical risk. This is a direct retaliatory strike designed to facilitate a forced school transition on February 12 without parental oversight of safety data.

I request that OCR prioritize this case due to the imminent risk of emotional harm caused by the intentional suppression of disability-related safety data and the documented pattern of administrative intimidation.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis (Phone: 202-997-4815)

5 attachments

260209 OCR Consent Agreement - Rubis.jpg
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Exhibit A - April 2025 IEP for Charles Rubis.pdf
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Exhibit C - 251218 ambush letter from rae mitchell in response to my concerns about charles and nick cottone.pdf
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Exhibit C - Rae MItchell Correspondence and Communication Ban.pdf
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Exhibit B - 251217 urgent response to dec 12 incident and notice of policy violations 446 PM.pdf
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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 7:00 AM

To: ocr.dc@ed.gov

TO: OCR Investigator

DATE: February 17, 2026

RE: NOTICE OF AGGRAVATED RETALIATION (TEMPORAL PROXIMITY) – CASE REF: CHARLES RUBIS

To the OCR Investigator:

I am filing this second urgent addendum to document retaliatory acts occurring within 72 hours of my February 9, 2026 (6:45 PM ET) formal filing. Despite the "Urgent Safety Addendum" previously provided to your office, Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) willfully proceeded with the unauthorized transport of my son, Charles Rubis, to a location where he was personally targeted by an administrator named in my complaint.

I. Documented Post-Filing Retaliation

Temporal Proximity: On Thursday, February 12—less than 72 hours after my OCR filing—the District transported the Student to Seneca Ridge Middle School (SRMS) in direct defiance of a formal Cease & Desist and Revocation of Consent served on February 9.
Targeted Intimidation (Exhibit L): Principal Nick Cottone—the individual named in my complaint for administrative fraud—personally singled out the Student. As the attached transcript (Exhibit L) confirms, Mr. Cottone utilized his knowledge of my family to identify the Student by relation to his sibling (Rex Rubis). This contact occurred while the Parent was subjected to a "Digital Blockade" that concealed the trip itinerary.
Hostile Educational Environment: Following the interaction with the Principal, the Student (who has an Emotional Disability) was subjected to arbitrary punitive discipline by staff, resulting in emotional distress and clinical "shutdown" consistent with the disability markers identified in his April 2025 IEP.
Spoliation of Evidence (Exhibit N): On February 13, the District admitted to "extracting and deleting" student data from the Qlik platform—a vendor with a documented history of adversarial coordination with Lindsay Mohler and Troxel Leigh P.C. targeted at the Parent.

II. Demand for Priority Review The District’s actions confirm a pattern of using unauthorized school transitions as a venue for whistleblower intimidation. I request that OCR immediately intervene to address this documented retaliation and the ongoing suppression of disability-related safety records.

Sincerely,

Steven Rubis

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7 attachments

Exhibit K - 260209 Office for Civil Rights Discrimination Complaint Form _ OCR.pdf
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Exhibit L - 260215_Transcript_Dad_and-CHarles_Discuss_SMRS_Field_trip.pdf
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Exhibit J - 260209 Gmail - FINAL CEASE & DESIST AND NOTICE OF WILLFUL MISCONDUCT_ Exclusion of Charles Rubis from Seneca Ridge Middle School Transition.pdf
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Exhibit K - 260209 ocr_complaint_consent_form.pdf
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Exhibit M - 260211 - Gmail - 005E00-505 - Grade 5 (Charles Rubis) - 2_12 Field Trip - Blank Email.pdf
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Exhibit O - 260213 Gmail - NOTICE OF TOTAL PAYMENT UNDER PROTEST – Ref_ R002450-122925, R002437-121125, R002480-012526.pdf
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Exhibit N - 260213 Gmail - 005E00-505 - Grade 5 (Charles Rubis) - 2_13 Weekly Memo - email states Charlie went to SMRS.pdf
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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 7:15 AM

To: ocr.dc@ed.gov

UPDATED NOTICE OF AGGRAVATED RETALIATION & EVIDENCE SUPPRESSION

RE: NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTIVE DENIAL AS ONGOING RETALIATION

I am formally notifying your office that as of 4:00 PM ET on February 17, 2026, Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) has entered a state of Constructive Denial regarding 944 responsive records regarding a FOIA request I submitted weeks ago. These records detail the coordination between District officials and private counsel (Lindsay Mohler/Troxell Leigh P.C.)—the precise 'Public-Private Nexus' I allege is responsible for the ongoing suppression of my son's historical IEP and life-safety records.

Despite my remittance of payment on February 12, 2026, the District has ceased all communication and refused to provide a production timeline. This obstruction is explicit retaliation for my February 9 filings with the VDOE and OCR. Given the extreme temporal proximity, this 'financial ghosting' represents a bad-faith effort to suppress evidence material to your investigation while maintaining the 'Digital Blockade' of my son’s educational data. This suppression serves as a continuation of the retaliatory environment that led to the unauthorized targeting of my son at Seneca Ridge Middle School on February 12.

Furthermore, LCPS has ceased all communication with me as a parent of three children enrolled in their schools, with two of the three on active IEPs. LCPS has unilaterally acted to erase me and impinge upon my parental rights to be an advocate for my children.

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Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 11:53 AM

To: ocr.dc@ed.gov

OCR ADDENDUM: COMPREHENSIVE EVIDENCE OF COORDINATED RETALIATION & SYSTEMIC DATA SUPPRESSION

TO: Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Investigator

DATE: February 19, 2026

RE: SUPPLEMENTAL EVIDENCE OF ONGOING RETALIATION – OCR COMPLAINT FILED FEB 9, 2026

This filing provides critical forensic evidence supporting my February 9, 2026, complaint regarding administrative retaliation and the discriminatory suppression of my son's records. The evidence documents a multi-year, coordinated 'Pincer Movement' involving LCPS vendor QlikTech, Inc. and private counsel Lindsay Mohler (Troxell Leigh P.C.) designed to facilitate the financial destruction of a whistleblower parent and the administrative erasure of a disabled student’s life-safety history.

I. The Forensic Foundation: Historical Vendor-Counsel Fraud (May 2024)

Exhibit ELE 0032 (May 10, 2024): LCPS data vendor QlikTech, Inc. provided a manufactured 'self-volunteered' narrative to Lindsay Mohler regarding my professional departure. This statement directly contradicted Qlik’s own internal legal and severance records verifying a 'Termination' due to a Reduction in Force.
Weaponization of Fraud (May 15, 2024): Attorney Lindsay Mohler immediately utilized this fraudulent data to coerce an unfavorable settlement and justify the denial of support in Case No. CL21-6851-02. This proves the vendor and counsel collaborated to manufacture adverse evidence for the purpose of financial and reputational harm.

II. The 2026 'Digital Blockade' and Systemic Spoliation of Evidence: The documented history of collusion informs the current, aggravated suppression of my son's clinical and educational records:

The 944-Record Constructive Denial: Following my payment on February 12, 2026, LCPS entered a state of Constructive Denial regarding 944 responsive records detailing coordination with Lindsay Mohler. This mirrors the LCSO's ongoing tolling of similar requests, suggesting a unified effort to protect the private interests of Troxell Leigh P.C. over the safety of a student.
Mass Data Deletion & Portal Erasure (February 13, 2026): Four days after my federal filing, LCPS admitted to a 'Data Deletion' event on the Qlik platform. This event coincides with the total disappearance of my son's historical record from the Virginia IEP Connect portal, including:

Missing Life-Safety Records: Documentation of three interventions for suicide attempts in late 2022 and early 2023.
Historical IEP Documentation: All IEP-related records dating back to 2023 are currently unavailable.
April 2025 IEP Data: Crucial life-safety/itinerary data material to the active investigation remains missing.

Aggravated Retaliation: I allege these records were willfully extracted and/or deleted to prevent the OCR from discovering the District's failure to provide FAPE and life-safety oversight.

III. FORMAL REQUESTS FOR INVESTIGATIVE ACTION: The District is leveraging its relationship with Troxell Leigh and QlikTech Inc. to 'scrub' the administrative record of life-safety failures. I request that the OCR take the following immediate actions:

Forensic Recovery Demand: Order LCPS to perform an immediate forensic recovery and production of the 2022-2023 suicide intervention records and all historical IEP data missing from the Virginia IEP Connect portal.
Federal Subpoena of 944 Records: Issue a subpoena for the 944 coordination records currently being withheld by LCPS under 'Constructive Denial' to prevent further spoliation.
Expansion of Investigation: Expand the scope of the investigation to include QlikTech, Inc. as an adverse actor in the selective suppression of clinical history during an active federal civil rights investigation.
Audit of 'Data Deletion' Event: Conduct an independent audit of the February 13, 2026, Qlik platform 'deletion' event to determine if specific clinical data or safety itineraries were targeted for removal.
Interim Protective Measures: Implement measures to ensure the immediate restoration of parental access to the student’s portal to mitigate ongoing safety risks.

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3 attachments

Qlik lawsuit.pdf
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240515 Mohler uses Qlik to force a settlement with Rubis Using Fraudulent Data supplied by Qlik.pdf
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qlik subpoena response.pdf
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Here is the most recent submission to US DOE regarding my OCR complaint:

VIA EMAIL AND USPS CERTIFIED MAIL

April 21, 2026

Abony Alexander Office for Civil Rights, Washington DC (Metro) U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20202-1475

RE: Case Number: [Insert Case Number] – URGENT FORENSIC SUPPLEMENT: RECORD OF SYSTEMIC RETALIATION, ADMINISTRATIVE ABANDONMENT, AND PROCEDURAL FRAUD

Dear Ms. Alexander,

Enclosed please find the physically signed OCR Complaint Consent Form (Section A). In addition to this form, I am submitting this Forensic Supplement (37 pages) and a Certification of Unresponsive Correspondence. This submission serves as an immutable record of the aggravated retaliation and systemic civil rights violations executed by Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) since the filing of my initial complaint.

I. CERTIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE ABANDONMENT As of April 21, 2026, I have dispatched fourteen (14) separate legal communications via USPS Certified Mail – Return Receipt Requested to the LCPS Superintendent, Chief of Staff, and Division Counsel.

The Original Record: Packages #1 through #6 (December 2025–January 2026) represent the formal complaints and administrative attempts to resolve the issues cited in my original Federal OCR filing.
The Supplemental Record: Packages #7 through #14 represent the forensic documentation of the District’s escalated retaliation as detailed in the attached 37-page evidentiary chain.
Forensic Default: LCPS has failed to respond to a single inquiry. This silence represents a willful decision by the District to remain in administrative default to facilitate the ongoing deprivation of my parental and civil rights.

II. FORENSIC RECORD OF SPECIFIC VIOLATIONS

1. Aggravated Retaliation Against a Minor Child (The Feb 12 Incident): Immediately after naming Principal Nick Cottone (Seneca Ridge MS) in my Federal OCR complaint and revoking consent for my son, Charles, to attend a field trip at Seneca Ridge Middle School led by Mr. Cottone, Mr. Cottone physically singled out my child and engaged in inappropriate physical contact. This act occurred in direct retaliation for my protected advocacy and served as the catalyst for the District's subsequent campaign to "shield" Mr. Cottone via a fraudulent No-Trespass order.

2. The Fraudulent No-Trespass Order (Feb 24, 2026): Following my FOIA requests into vendor fraud (QlikTech, Inc.) and the Cottone incident, LCPS issued a one-year No-Trespass order citing a fictitious "virtual meeting" pretext. This order explicitly bans my access to "all digital platforms," a forensic blockade designed to prevent my receipt of 944 paid-for FOIA records ($559.70) documenting state-actor collusion.

3. Direct Retaliatory Linkage to Initial OCR Complaint (The Mitchell Letter): The February 24, 2026, No-Trespass order explicitly cites a letter issued by Rae Mitchell in December 2025 as a primary justification. This December 2025 letter was a core exhibit in my initial Federal OCR filing. By utilizing a contested OCR exhibit to justify a criminal ban, the District has engaged in a "Circular Retaliation" loop, proving the ban is a punitive strike against my federal petition for redress.

4. Bad-Faith "Digital Entrapment" and Procedural Sabotage: The District has utilized the "Digital Blockade" to constructively exclude me from my sons' education. LCPS unilaterally scheduled "Transition" and "Annual" IEP meetings for Charles (April 7) and Beau (April 13) via virtual links. Because the No-Trespass order criminalizes my access to digital platforms, providing only digital links for mandatory meetings is an act of Criminal Entrapment.

5. Evidence of Predetermination (The April 6 Sham): The enclosed supplement proves that on April 6, 2026, Cheryl Shotwell finalized my son’s school assignment 24 hours before the mandated transition meeting, rendering the IEP process a forensic sham in violation of Federal Safeguards.

6. Forensic Admission of State-Actor Collusion (The March 10 Default): On March 10, 2026, LCPS admitted to withholding 172 pages of correspondence with private attorney Lindsay Mohler (Troxell Leigh P.C.) under a fraudulent claim of "Attorney-Client Privilege." As Ms. Mohler is a private third-party attorney, this is a prima facie admission of the "renting" of public resources to facilitate a private legal vendetta.

III. THE "TITAN" CONTRADICTION As documented on April 20, 2026, the District continues to solicit me for financial donations (referencing me as a "Fellow Titan") while simultaneously labeling me a "security threat." This contradiction confirms the "security" narrative is a bad-faith fabrication.

IV. RECORD OF CORRESPONDENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEFAULT (USPS CERTIFIED) The following ledger documents the correspondence delivered to LCPS for which the District remains in default:

Pkg #	Correspondence Tracking #	Delivery Date	Green Card Tracking #	Green Card Status
1	9589-0710-5270-0045-3576-23	2025-12-12	9590-9402-9292-4295-9815-49	Delivered (12/18)
2	9589-0710-5270-0045-3576-16	2025-12-12	9590-9402-9292-4295-9812-59	Delivered (12/17)
3	9589-0710-5270-0045-3576-78	2025-12-15	9590-9402-9292-4295-9817-30	Delivered (12/19)
4	9589-0710-5270-0045-3577-08	2025-12-15	9590-9402-9292-4295-9817-23	Delivered (12/20)
5	9589-0710-5270-0045-3576-54	2025-12-15	9590-9402-9292-4295-9817-47	Delivered (12/20)
6	9589-0710-5270-0045-3573-57	2026-01-05	9590-9402-9292-4295-9815-70	Delivered (01/08)
7	9589-0710-5270-0045-3523-90	2026-03-04	9590-9402-9292-4295-9804-67	Delivered (03/11)
8	9589-0710-5270-0045-3536-18	2026-03-12	9590-9402-9292-4295-9803-68	Delivered
9	9589-0710-5270-0045-3539-53	2026-03-19	9590-9402-9292-4295-9804-43	Delivered (03/24)
10	9589-0710-5270-4032-0754-08	2026-04-06	9590-9402-9292-4295-9800-78	Delivered (04/10)
11	9589-0710-5270-4032-0762-69	2026-04-21	9590-9402-0106-6058-4030-61	In Process
12	9589-0710-5270-4032-0762-52	2026-04-21	9590-9402-0106-6058-4030-54	In Process
13	9589-0710-5270-2519-0027-70	2026-04-21	9590-9402-0106-6058-4029-41	In Process
14	9589-0710-5270-2519-0027-63	2026-04-21	9590-9402-0106-6058-4029-72	In Process

V. FORENSIC NEXUS: LCPS RETALIATION AS A SHIELD FOR VENDOR FRAUD AND PRIVATE COLLUSION

1. Retaliatory Pincer Following Ethics Disclosures: Subsequent to the filing of my initial Federal OCR complaint, I engaged in further protected activity including a Formal Request for Vendor Debarment (QlikTech, Inc.) on Feb 19, a NJ Bar Ethics Grievance on Feb 21, and a PA Bar Ethics Grievance on Feb 23 against Qlik Associate General Counsel Feyi Obafemi. The District’s issuance of the No-Trespass Order on Feb 24 serves as a direct retaliatory strike designed to protect a multi-million dollar vendor and its executive from professional accountability.

2. Suppression of Vendor Integrity Records: The No-Trespass order suppresses my ability to access responsive records regarding Qlik and vendor integrity identified by LCPS through my specific FOIA requests. This order was implemented to criminalize my access to these digital records; despite my formal requests for physical production to resolve this blockade, LCPS has remained in total administrative default.

3. State-Actor Nexus and the "Renting" of Police Power: The 1,141 responsive records identified in my FOIA requests involve the illicit state-actor nexus between private attorney Lindsay Mohler, LCPS, and the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO). On 12/12/23, I was subjected to an extrajudicial police call from Officer Tim Iversen (LCSO) at the behest of Ms. Mohler and Nick Cottone. In a recorded statement, Officer Iversen admitted there was no legal predicate for his interrogation. This coordination was executed to violate my 14th Amendment rights without due process.

4. Fraudulent Assertion of Privilege: Lindsay Mohler is a private attorney representing my ex-wife; she is not an LCPS employee and does not represent the District. There are no legal filings in existence regarding my parental rights or custody that would justify her coordination with the School Board. The District’s decision to claim "Attorney-Client Privilege" over communications with this private third party is a prima facie admission of a fraudulent legal partnership used to shield a private legal vendetta from discovery.

I request that OCR take immediate jurisdiction over this matter to prevent the permanent erasure of my parental rights and the ongoing harassment of my minor children.

Section VI: Systemic Pattern and Practice of Civil Rights Violations (2023–2026)

The current retaliatory strike is the culmination of a three-year pattern of systemic administrative lawlessness and the willful deprivation of parental and student rights by LCPS.

1. Exhaustion of Internal Remedies (Workforce Complaints): Over the past 36 months, I have filed over a dozen formal workforce and administrative complaints regarding egregious policy violations, the infringement of my parental rights, and the denial of a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) for my children. LCPS has consistently failed to adjudicate these matters in accordance with its own policies, choosing instead to escalate its hostility toward my family.

2. History of Parental Exclusion: The District’s current "Digital Blockade" is an escalation of previous tactics. As documented in my records, LCPS staff, including Principal Ridgeway and Mara Moreland, explicitly prohibited me from attending a mandated IEP meeting as far back as November 2023. The 2026 No-Trespass order is simply a police-enforced formalization of a long-standing practice of parental exclusion.

3. Willful Indifference to Documented Misconduct: Despite providing clinical evidence of administrative fraud and the inappropriate interrogation of my minor child by District personnel, LCPS has refused to investigate or discipline the actors involved. Instead, the District has utilized the Office of Safety and Security to criminalize my reporting of these incidents.

4. Incorporation of Prior Complaints: I am formally incorporating the records of these prior dozen+ workforce complaints into this federal filing to illustrate a "Pattern and Practice" of retaliation. These prior acts establish that the District acted with Knowledge and Malice when it issued the February 24, 2026, criminal ban.

Sincerely,

Steven A. Rubis

Exhibit E

In Exhibit E, I illustrate the May 2025 email admission of my ex wife about placing a tracking device on me in October 2023. Her placing the tracking device on me is what generated the entire series of events where my civil rights have been attacked and I have been erased by a parent by LCPS on behalf of Lindsay Mohler, ex wife council, and her firm Troxel Leigh P.C.

The issue is that I then sought an emergency order of protection from the VA Magistrate on October 9, 2023, and then a sought a restraining order from Loudoun County Court on October 11, 2023. I was denied my request. Lindsay Mohler and her firm then used my protective request to retaliate against me and create false pretense that I was a safety threat in conjunction with LCPS.

The admission of my ex wife placing the tracking device on my in May 2025, serves to impeach any color of law pretext used to paint me as a security threat by LCPS (I live in Chicago, IL, over 700 miles away)

Gmail

Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

May and June Visitation

Elizabeth Entsminger <elizabeth.entsminger@gmail.com>

Fri, May 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM

To: Steven Rubis <stevenrubis@gmail.com>

Steve,

As I mentioned previously, I am willing to honor the two additional days in the summer as a make-up for the February reschedule. That offer still stands, and it is entirely up to you whether you’d like to use those days. You’ve expressed a desire to have more time with the boys, so I’m unclear on why you might decline this opportunity, but I respect your choice either way. Outside of that prior accommodation offered, I am holding to the current custody agreement unless and until a new formal agreement is signed.

Regarding the air tags placed in the children's backpacks in October 2023 — this step was taken only after you refused to provide the address where the boys would be staying that weekend, which was a violation of the MSA. Rather than involving law enforcement and disrupting your visitation, I opted for a solution that prioritized the boys’ comfort and security. I have no interest in tracking you personally — only in ensuring I am aware of where our children are staying, which is my right outlined in our signed agreement. Unfortunately, this issue has persisted, as you did not follow through with your stated intention to provide full address details during Spring Break. I never received communication on where the boys were staying on Saturday, 4/19.

I’d also like to clarify that legal action on my end was only taken after you contacted my employer on three separate occasions with either false claims or personal matters intended to interfere with my employment. My attorney acted on my behalf to protect against further harassment. I was unaware that you attempted to file a restraining order, and as I was never served, I assume the court did not find sufficient cause to proceed. My only communications to you have been related to parenting matters.

Finally, earlier this week you instructed me to contact you only during business hours (8am CT/9am ET - 5pm CT/6pm ET). I’d like to clarify whether this is an expectation for both parties, as you have not adhered to that standard yourself including this morning's communication. As co-parents, it’s reasonable to allow communication at any time, with the understanding that each of us can choose when to review and respond appropriately.

Respectfully,

Liz

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