Allegations Fairfax Co. social worker arranged, paid for student abortions are untrue, investigation finds
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Allegations Fairfax Co. social worker arranged, paid for student abortions are untrue, investigation finds
Scott Gelman | sgelman@wtop.com
January 12, 2026, 2:20 PM
Allegations that a Fairfax County school social worker facilitated student abortions are untrue, Superintendent Michelle Reid said in a letter to Centreville High School families Friday.
Months after sharing an external investigations initial findings, Reid said the investigation has finished and found the allegations to be untrue and based on statements that were misinterpreted, mistranslated, taken out of context, or in some cases knowingly fabricated. The firm King & Spalding led the investigation.
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More details on the districts probe are
available online.
Scott Gelman
Scott Gelman is a digital editor and writer for WTOP. A South Florida native, Scott graduated from the University of Maryland in 2019. During his time in College Park, he worked for The Diamondback, the schools student newspaper.
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