Overview

• Fairfax County Public Schools announced an external probe this week, saying it only recently learned of allegations that Centreville High staff arranged and funded abortions for two minors in 2021 without parental consent.
• Teacher Zenaida Perez told investigators she raised concerns at least seven times starting in May 2022, providing emails, audio recordings and translated statements, and alleges she faced retaliation for her warnings.
• The whistleblower and student accounts identify social worker Carolina Díaz as having scheduled, paid for and urged two students—one aged 17 and another five months pregnant—to undergo abortions.
• Under Virginia law, minors must obtain parental consent or a judicial bypass for abortions, and FCPS policy encourages but does not require staff to inform guardians of suspected pregnancies.
• The inquiry remains ongoing with no public findings or charges announced yet, and the district may pursue personnel discipline or face civil or criminal exposure depending on the external investigator’s conclusions.