Kelly Burk: The Supervisor At Work

There are nine Supervisors in Loudoun County. Only one of them holds down a full-time job while also serving as a Supervisor, Leesburg's Kelly Burk. Kelly is a special education teacher in the Loudoun County Schools. As a teacher, parent, employee and Supervisor, she has a unique perspective on the intersection of public needs and public costs in Loudoun County. She brings her experience as a mother and teacher to her work as a Supervisor, and each vote she takes is cast with a sincere understanding of how it impacts Leesburg's families.

In the course of working two jobs for the people of Loudoun, sometimes Supervisor Burk must take time away from teaching to fulfill her elected responsibilities. She does not like time away from her students, but she has a responsibility to those who elected her to serve them as a Supervisor. Some facts about these situations are worth considering.

• Whenever Supervisor Burk takes time away from school to fulfill a responsibility as Supervisor, that is unpaid family leave time. Supervisor Burk is not paid by the LCPS for any day she is not working.


• Whenever Supervisor Burk is not teaching, the substitute teacher for that day costs the County significantly less than Mrs. Burk, were Kelly teaching that day. Thus, it actually saves Loudoun money for Supervisor Burk to fulfill her Supervisor responsibilities by occasionally missing a day of school!


• Supervisor Burk's school absences are uncommon, they average about two each month. She spends the vast majority of her days in school, and the vast majority of her evenings and weekend working for her Leesburg constituents.

Loudoun is lucky to have a Supervisor like Kelly Burk, who spends her days and nights working hard on behalf of the families of Leesburg.