News: LCPS Driver's Ed Teacher Charged with Drunk in Public

(March 4, 2013) - A Loudoun County Public School teacher was charged with drunk in public after he was found intoxicated at an Ashburn, Virginia school today.


Michael L. Hitzges, 47, of Ashburn, was charged after a Loudoun County Sheriff's Office School Resource Officer was notified by Broad Run High School personnel that a teacher was in school and was possibly under the influence of alcohol.

Hitzges is a driver'™s education instructor for Loudoun County Public Schools and has been at Broad Run High School since 2004. He is the Spartans boys track and girls gymnastics head coach.

Hitzges remains held at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center.