(Updated at 12:05 p.m.) On March 15, a year to the day after the all-Democrat Arlington County Board rejected a controversial plan to add lights to its football and baseball fields, Bishop O’Connell High School made a $350 contribution to the campaign of Republican County Board candidate Mark Kelly, according to public campaign contribution records.
Kelly ended up losing the March 27 special election to Democrat Libby Garvey, but the symbolism of the donation seems clear. The Virginia Public Access Project has no records of any other recent political contributions by Bishop O’Connell, a parochial high school of about 1,200 students located in the East Falls Church neighborhood
One local Democratic official said the donation was unprecedented in Arlington.
“I’ve never seen this, a school giving a donation to a political candidate,” the official told ARLnow.com.
So far, Bishop O’Connell has not responded to a request for comment.
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