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Jobsite Profile & Contact Information
If you have any questions and or concerns regarding specific departments at the Loudoun County Campus, please contact any of the following staff members below.
 Leary School Job Site, Loudoun County is a private, day, co-educational, special education program, which serves students 15 to 21 years of age who have emotional, learning, and behavioral problems. The School is owned and operated by the Lincolnia Educational Foundation, a private, non-profit, 501(c)3 corporation.The Leary School Job Site program, initially begun during the 1986-87 school year, provides hands on vocational training for a selected group of students in a very nontraditional manner. The students who are part of this program spend their entire day and receive all their educational and vocational schooling at a job site location. Following the completion of a renovation project during the 1986-87 school year, a lot was purchased next to this initial project and, over the next two years, a single family home was completed. Since 1986, Leary School students have completed three major house renovations and six new home construction projects in Fairfax and Arlington (Virginia) counties. During the spring of 2006, this program was expanded to include a new program in Loudoun County, Virginia – Leary School Job Site, Loudoun County. This program is located on the grounds of the Freedom Center. 
The Freedom Center, a work in process, is situated on 50 acres of land in eastern Loudoun County near Lucketts, Virginia which coincidentally formerly housed a residential facility for students with disabilities – the Glaydin School.There is a complete staff assigned to the program, including a classroom teacher, a full time teaching assistant and a counselor, as well as a vocational instructor. Students spend half the day receiving academic instruction and learn the construction trades during the remainder of the day. These students learn about plumbing, carpentry, engineering, electrical wiring, landscaping, and all aspects of new home construction by actually building and renovating real houses. Individual and group counseling, along with physical education, recreation, and case management are delivered onsite, as well as speech or occupational therapy. The students who are part of this program leave school with job skills, knowledge that they can be successful at work, and actual experiences in doing such. These students have successful learning and work experiences upon which a happy, productive adulthood and working life should follow. |
