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"Of ghost gun to his prince George's county school. That happened this morning at non traditional program 9 to 12 south school in cheltenham, police say they were notified that a security guard at the school had recovered the gun. A preliminary investigation revealed the gun fell from the male student's waistband inside the gymnasium, the 9th grader who will be charged as an adult faces numerous counts, including having a dangerous weapon on school property and possession of a firearm by a minor. Three 23, it's called the world culture festival and it'll be coming to the national mall in September. D.C.'s mayor says despite current concerns about crime, the district remains the perfect site for such large scale events. According to organizers of the world culture festival, as many as 150,000 people are expected to attend the event on the national mall from September 29th through October 1st. D.C.'s mayor muriel Bowser was asked about safety concerns given the latest data showing violent crime up 14% and property crime up 30%. She cited the city's ability to accommodate tourists and added 50,000 people have already registered for this event. The festival is being put on by the art of living whose founder guru dev shri Ravi Shankar said D.C. is the perfect place to deliver his message. Importance of nonviolence. Kate Ryan, WTO P news. A Taylor Swift superfan from Baltimore says she still pinching herself after her favorite artists came to her defense last weekend in Philadelphia. Kelly Kelly born in 1989
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"The last few minutes say major road project now in jeopardy in Maryland, the state's vision to use one of the nation's biggest public private partnerships to relieve traffic congestion along the beltway and two 70, it faces serious trouble tonight, the private team picked to develop it, has quit the project tonight. We're talking about transurban North America. They have quit the project tonight, and so this team that was led by the Australian toll company trans urban backs out. And of course, part of the issue is that there is a new governor Wes Moore, now at in Annapolis, he there are questions about whether he supports the proposal and the unresolved and quite expensive lawsuits over the project environmental implications. Bottom line, quite a bit of doubt hanging over the beltway two 70 toll lane project as the toll road operator has now backed out tonight will continue to dig into this story and bring you more on WTO. It was a bombshell moment last year when the Maryland state board of education moved to fire the then chair of the prince George's county school board, but an administrative law judge has a different opinion. The administrative trial has ended with a judge recommending that juanita Miller not be fired from the prince George's county school board. Finding she did not commit the charges leveled against her by the state board of education, but don't think the process is over, board member she's been fighting with have two weeks to respond to the decision to the state board and the state board could still move to fire her. WTO has reached out to Miller, but has not gotten a response, Miller is still on the school board, but is no longer the board chair. John dome in WTO P news. Despite making up more than half of Montgomery county public schools population, black and Hispanic students are disproportionately suspended. Moko 360 reviewed public school data and found that they account for more than 80% of all school suspensions for disrespect, disruption and insubordination last school year. And the black and Hispanic students made up almost 80% of students referred to school offices, the data are laid out in the school districts 2022 through 2025 strategic plan. Sports hit 25 and 55 powered by maximus, moving people and innovation forward. Now at 7 55, go to rob wood fork. All right the capital is at first intermission and join a one nothing lead over the New Jersey Devils on home ice Trevor van reims dike the lone goal with ten seconds left in the opening period, his 7th goal of the season,
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"This is WTO news. 7 52. On the same day that the top prince George's county school leader announced she's retiring, came news that the search for the next school chief will be starting soon. In prince George's county, the school CEO, the equivalent to the superintendent, is appointed by the county executive, in this case, Angela alsobrooks. And on Thursday, also Brooks said the search for a successor to retiring CEO Monica goldson will begin this month. But given that goldson referred to current acrimony on the school board, who would want to step in, Donna Christie, president of the prince George's county educators association said that might be seen as a benefit. Because as long as they can't get the votes together to override a decision of the CEO then the CEO has kind of unchecked decision making authority. Goldson plans to retire June 30th. Kate Ryan, WTO P news. West Virginia's ban on transgender athletes competing in female school sports is constitutional. That is a ruling from a federal judge. The ACLU filed a lawsuit two years ago on behalf of an 11 year old transgender girl who would hope to compete in middle school cross country in West Virginia. West Virginia's attorney general applauded the decision AG Patrick Morrissey says this is not only about simple biology, but fairness, he says for women's sports plain and simple. The ACLU of West Virginia says it is now reviewing possible next steps, the ban applies to middle and high schools as well as college sports. People in Maryland are smoke weed, apparently smoke more of it than users and other states. That's the finding of a survey of thousands of marylanders conducted by cannabis public policy consulting. The Washington Post reports that survey was done to help Maryland lawmakers who are trying to create a system to sell recreational marijuana. The survey found that users in Maryland consume more than 25 grams of pot per month. That's compared with about 20 grams per month in other states with legal weed, creating a framework for legal weed will be a top priority when Maryland's General Assembly returns to Annapolis next week. Money news at 25 and 55 presented by Penn fed, luxury automaker Mercedes Benz says it plans to build its own global network of electric vehicle charges, making it one of the few major car companies besides Tesla to invest directly in such a project. The German automaker said yesterday at the CES in Las Vegas that it intends to install roughly 10,000 high power EV chargers worldwide starting in the United States and Canada this year. Mercedes Benz says it will allow its own customers to pre book a charging space from their car, but
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"Look what happened. Volunteer Lawrence Norris tells NBC four he jumped in to help. I got the email like at ten minutes to ten, as a matter of fact. And I guess I was here by ten minutes after ten. Because of the fire, there won't be service tomorrow in the church, but there is an outdoor Sunday service being planned there. Virtual learning is replacing some snow days in prince George's county schools, but not all snow days, the Maryland Department of Education has given the prince George's county school district the okay to use virtual learning for some snow days and teacher professional days in the 2022 23 school year The school district says snow days are not being eliminated and the school calendar still has plans for three days when students may not be in the classroom because of bad weather. However, if schools are closed for more than three days, then they can convert to virtual teaching and learning to avoid adding more days to the school calendar in June. Dan run, WTO P news. A scathing report from the U.S. Department of Housing and urban development claimed that D.C.'s housing authority has failed to provide safe and sanitary properties. I'm saddened by that report and embarrassed. That was mayor muriel Bowser's reaction and residents got a chance to speak their minds during a meeting hosted by the housing authority, discussion on the report among the agency's director and the board was not made public, but when the agency did allow for public comment, residents like Marlene childs told their stories. 99 core. Some people spoke about gun violence outside their buildings and mold inside their units and Patricia malloy says when things break. Into the resume units, they are telling them they do not have materials. They do not have money to purchase materials. Many claim that their complaints to DHC a went unanswered and Karen settles scolded the board for that. We are better than this. Mike Morello, WTO P news. Coming up on WTO after traffic and weather, a look at the latest numbers that show inflation is not slowing down. Since 1943, wafa, has offered life insurance to civilian federal employees
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"55° in Fredericksburg, 61 and hyattsville, where at 57° here, and friendship heights. And it's now 6 40. Well, an investigation is underway at Largo high school after a video showing a student with autism using the bathroom was posted online. The parents of the 9th grader got a call from the school notifying them about the incident. They're now looking for answers from prince George's county school officials. The father of the boy, Abdullah Davis, told our news partners at NBC four that they've been trying to place their son in a school that can better meet his needs. You don't send your children to school, for them to be bullied, harassed, then have like sharp pornography posted online. Right now the child. Now, the parents say that their son is 14 years old, but functions on a third grade level. The school district said the students now using a more secluded restroom for safety and officials say the district security team has interviewed students, no one's been held responsible so far. The teachers union and the prince George's county school system have ratified a three year contract that increases teacher pay and increases time teachers are given to prepare lessons. Teachers will get a 6% cost of living increase this year and 4% next year and 3% the following year. Teachers can earn up to $22,000 more a year if they've got an advanced teaching certification. The union says the contract will help the school system retain existing teachers and recruit new ones, the prince George's county school system began the academic year, 900 teachers short. Scientists at NASA and in Maryland watched a NASA spacecraft that was launched nearly a year ago, they watched it slim into an asteroid yesterday. First, it's perfectly safe. The refrigerator sized spacecraft was launched last November on a path toward a small, harmless asteroid. No worries that we're going to displace disaster into the earth's path that is absolutely not what we're doing here. Olivier barn away, planetary geophysicist at Johns Hopkins applied physics laboratory says the goal was not to shatter the asteroid. What we're trying to do is just nudge it. Give it a little push. Just enough to change its position. We're expecting to see it move in about a couple of weeks, about one 80° from where it is currently. And far and away is confident. We know how to do this. We've already got some experience with similar technologies and other missions. So I think we're good to go and we're going to be very successful. Here, the whole interview on the DMV download podcast. Sarah Jacobs news. By the way, you can watch a replay of the moments before impact at WTO
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"Draft plan to implement a ten year education reform plan in Maryland is due out next month. Marilyn matters reports the blueprint for Maryland's future accountability and implementation board will continue holding work sessions with feedback from stakeholders. The draft performed plan focuses on 5 key subject areas ranging from early childhood education to improving college readiness and diversifying the teaching workforce, implementation with approved by state lawmakers last year. Meanwhile, the prince George's county school board rescinded a vote this past week that would have unseated four board members, the action follows an investigation by the Maryland state inspector general, which found that the ethics report the board used for the vote contained inaccurate information last year the board's ethics panel had issued reports accusing 7 board members of various offenses and recommended that 6 of them be removed. The Washington Post reports that some members targeted by the reports had already left the board by the time the state investigation was released last month. Montgomery county executive Mark elrich says the upcoming effort by the school system to hold presentations on gun violence in schools is important. Understanding why young people would choose to get and use firearms is critical to dealing with gun violence. That's how Montgomery county executive Mark L rich sees it. I don't think we understand fully why children are making choices to go down that path. Montgomery county school superintendent monifa mcknight notified parents in the letter this week that police and representatives from the state's attorney's office will hold presentations on the consequences of gun violence at schools during el rich's weekly briefing. He also said, once again, he'll be interviewing a candidate for health officer, Montgomery county has had an acting health officer ever since doctor Travis gales stepped down from the post one year ago. Kate Ryan, WTO P news. Money news air 25 and 55 years Lisa Matteo. This is a Bloomberg money minute. Movie companies are turning to rereleases to promote their upcoming films
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"Will have to submit a diversity plan. The Maryland sports wagering application review commission just approved that policy amendment. Marilyn matters reports the licensees will submit a plan for obtaining a diverse group of owners or contractors agree to conduct diversity related events and offer timelines and benchmarks to achieve diversity objectives. Schools have taken on even bigger roles than they had before since the pandemic. And now more than two dozen of them are capable of doing even more for students families who might need help. It was a ribbon cut with relief here at Apple grove elementary and oxen hill, one of 27 prince George's county schools getting what are called the comfort closet. We as the school community were providing these things. Now apple grove principal shuni to Holland has a room full of things like laundry detergent, diapers. Those essentials, if you will, that everyone needs, but everyone has been always able to find. Joining Holland was Delta sigma theta president elsie cook homes. This is critical. We have a lot of families who bring their children to school every day. In prince George's county public school CEO, Monica goldson. We wanted to be like one stop shop. It is so needed. In oxen hill, John dome in WTO news. Only families who have students attending prince George's county schools can take advantage of the comfort closets. Under Virginia law, police need to notify a public school system if a school employee is arrested for certain offenses, but a lawmaker says that doesn't go far enough. Sure, police can notify a school system, but under current law, the school system isn't required to verify that it received the notification, delegate Vivian watts tells WTO, lawmakers may try to change that. If they haven't received it, unfortunately, it doesn't do the purpose of that immediate notification. It follows the discovery that a fairfax county public schools counselor remained on the job after being convicted of soliciting a minor for prostitution because police attempts to reach the superintendent were sent to email addresses that didn't work. It's just really regrettable that this series of events occurred. Nick and Ellie WTO P news. Brendan Fraser is having a moment at the Venice International Film Festival, the once ubiquitous movie star of the mummy franchise and George of the jungle had in the last decade backed away from the spotlight Frasier is charting what could be a major comeback starting with his transformative role in the movie the whale which had its world premiere Sunday Night at that festival. Money news in 25 and 55 now. Financial abuse is much more common than you may think. This is a bank rate dot com personal finance minute. Financial abuse
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"I thought oh I'm dead I'm getting off The male Dixon was transported to a hospital with serious injuries 1205 it's been nearly two years since an 11 year old boy was gunned down in southeast D.C. It happened during an anti violence cookout organized by the victim's mom Now three men have been sentenced in the child's death Carlo general Marcel Gordon and Christian wingfield all in their 20s will go to prison for their role in the deadly shooting No mother should endure this pain no child deserves to be robbed on their childhood Crystal McNeal speaking at a gun violence prevention event in southeast Prosecutors say the group was running towards a building on Cedar street all armed just as her 11 year old son de Vaughn got out of a car Surveillance video shows Devon falling after general started shooting All the men took a plea deal General will serve 16 years in prison Gordon ten years and wingfield 9 and a half Devon was shot the night his mother a violence interrupter had organized a peace cookout despite the pain she said she'll never stop supporting the community where her son took his last breath Shayna sulin WTO P news Bubble 6 out of the morning a former Montgomery county teacher and crew coach pleads guilty to sexually abusing two students from Bethesda is what we've been high Prosecutors say that 48 year old Kirkland shipley started each of the relationships by texting the girls both were on his crew team in one case prosecutors say it escalated to sex abuse in the other he apparently said the explicit photos and had sex investigators say some of this happened and shipley's northwest D.C. home He'll be back at the cities superior courts come September for sentencing and we'll spend the rest of his life registered as a sex offender The chair of the prince George's county school board says she has not going anywhere instead she's now hired a lawyer As she faces charges from the Maryland state board of education and efforts to kick her out Juanita Miller's the current chair of the prince George's county school board and made clear she has no intention of stepping down even though the prince George's county executive Angela also Brooks asked her to do so immediately in her videotaped response to also Brooks letter Miller said the public will have the opportunity to evaluate the specialness and lack of merit underlying these unfounded and frivolous charges The Maryland state board of education voted to issue charges of misconduct willful neglect of duty and incompetence against Miller on May 24th Kate Brian WTO P news 1207 Are you shopping.
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"It's ten 23 Maryland state police are investigating the circulation of a vulgar challenge coin within the ranks Challenge coins are often given to high performing members of organizations And they're usually engraved with that agency's emblem But the coin that this sets the subject of investigators attention this morning shows something quite different than the MSPs crest Maryland state police say they've been aware of the challenge coins since January It shows a drawing of female genitalia and is engraved with insulting language And they're used in the Maryland state police brand to circulate these things So something needs to be done And it needs to be done now Rodney Morris former president of the coalition of black Maryland state troopers tells NBC four the Maryland state troopers have been disciplined for earlier coins to state police now say they're investigating whether someone inside the department may be involved with a design manufacturing or sale of this coin They're asking anyone with information to contact internal affairs Neil law can stay in WTO P news She's fought constantly with other members of the prince George's county school board She's been accused of misconduct in office and even incompetence Now she's been asked to leave her post by the county's top elected official Juanita Miller was appointed to the prince George's county school board by county executive Angela alsobrooks and now also Brooks has written a letter to Miller asking her to resign effective immediately The nudge out the door first reported by Maryland matters comes after the state board of education voted to issue charges including misconduct in office against Miller who's frequently sparred with her prince George's county school board colleagues during public meetings also Brooks letter doesn't make reference to the charges but does explain that under legislation passed in Annapolis the county school board will choose its own chair in the future Kate Ryan WTO.
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"For criticism from her fellow school board members now the prince George's county board of education chair faces possible removal Maryland state board of education which has the authority to remove local school board members took a vote to issue something called a notice of charges against juanita Miller the prince George's county school board chair who's been at odds with several of her colleagues The state board action is tied to the petition initially filed by 6 prince George's county school board members and several residents Now the complaint charged that Miller engaged in misconduct in office willful neglect of duty and incompetence a state board action which came during its meeting Tuesday means Miller can now request a hearing the action was first reported by Fox 5 D.C. Kate Ryan WTO news a large payout is likely coming to a Baltimore rapper over a lawsuit against a disgraced police officer former gun trace task force detective Daniel Herschel is in prison serving an 18 year sentence after being convicted of crimes related to a corruption scandal in that task force He was accused of stealing money during his time with a group of cops there the rapper whose name is Kevin Evans claims that her fabricated testimony against him to get arrest warrants and then planted drugs on him He says it led to him being wrongfully incarcerated for two years And he was eventually cleared of charges He's expected to get a settlement of $300,000 from the city Rehearsal is the subject of a new HBO show We own the city It is one 25.
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"Town for your Sunday temperatures rise to the mid 80s rise through the low 90s Memorial Day I'm storm team four meteorologist clay Anderson 73 now at the wharf in D.C. 73 is well in oxen hill 72° in Sterling at 1141 jurors in Virginia have acquitted a former Virginia tech football player of second degree murder issei meme was found not guilty in the 2021 death of 40 year old Jerry Smith of Blacksburg A dating app had matched the two in prosecutors had alleged that a two day became enraged and beat Smith to death when he discovered he was a man and not a woman Meanwhile man is dead this morning after shooting in temple hills around midnight officers responded to naylor road with near the Maryland D.C. line prince George's police say they found a man outside with gunshot wounds he died at the scene They're not trying to figure out what led to the shooting She's been a lightning rod for criticism from her fellow school board members now the prince George's county board of education chair faces possible removal Maryland state board of education which has the authority to remove local school board members took a vote to issue something called a notice of charges against juanita Miller the prince George's county school board chair who's been at odds with several of her colleagues The state board action is tied to the petition initially filed by 6 prince George's county school board members and several residents Now the complaint charged that Miller engaged in misconduct in office willful neglect of duty and incompetence a state board action which came during its meeting Tuesday means Miller can now request a hearing the action was first reported by Fox 5 D.C. Kate Ryan WTO news WTO reached out to Miller for comment did not get a response Sky high airfares Those are not stopping travelers this holiday weekend In fact LAX airport in Los Angeles is expecting one of its busiest.
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"70 and foggy bottom and guess what 70° in Silver Spring 9 41 a man is dead this morning after a shooting It happened in temple hills around midnight officers responded to the 3200 block of nailer road near the Maryland D.C. line Prince George's county police say they found the man outside with gunshot wounds and he died at the scene police are now trying to figure out what led to that shooting Well she's been a lightning rod for criticism from her fellows will board members now the prince George's county board of education chair faces possible removal Maryland state board of education which has the authority to remove local school board members took a vote to issue something called a notice of charges against juanita Miller the prince George's county school board chair who's been at odds with several of her colleagues The state board action is tied to the petition initially filed by 6 prince George's county school board members and several residents Now the complaint charged that Miller engaged in misconduct in office willful neglect of duty and incompetence a state board action which came during its meeting Tuesday means Miller can now request a hearing the action was first reported by Fox 5 D.C. Kate Ryan WTO news and WTO reached out to Miller for comment did not get a response A student who allegedly brought parts of a ghost gun to a school in prince George's county has been charged The discovery of those parts led to a lockdown of the school on Thursday And now the students being held in a juvenile detention center they have been charged with having a gun as a minor Prince George's county police said they are increasing patrols at schools following that mass shooting at an elementary school in ivaldi Texas LAX airport in Los Angeles expecting one of its busiest weekends since the pandemic started TV is joy Benedict spoke with some travelers I'm going back to New Zealand since I've opened up after the COVID restrictions Haven't been home for three years Oh my goodness It's all my bags Whether it's a 15 hour flight or just a hop skip and a jump I am from Scottsdale Arizona Travelers heading in and out of LAX are saying the same thing when it comes to flying the friendly skies Prices have gotten more expensive and there's more demand The flights are full all the time It was packed All the seats were filled Yet still they fly Coming up a.
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"Farragut square and 51° in Laurel going down to the mid 40s It's ten 40 After a judge told Maryland's lawmakers to go back to the drawing board with its redrawn congressional map a new map received its final approval today which was the deadline given by the judge A day after the Senate gave it the green light the Maryland House has approved a redrawn congressional map this map comes after an annual county circuit court judge called a map approved in December unconstitutional House majority leader Eric ludke Montgomery county a Democrat led the map re drawing process This map makes every effort to meet the judges requirements in the order It is a map that I think the people of Maryland can be proud of The map passed with a 94 to 41 vote along party lines Republican delegate Mark Fisher of Calvert county voted no They still are engaging the maps are in extreme gerrymandering The map now goes back to the judge and also to governor Larry Hogan's desk Mike Morello WTO P news Now the judge is supposed to take up the new map Friday but that could be delayed since also today Maryland attorney general Brian frosh officially appealed the judge's order to redo the maps The families of two children and French George's county say they're not satisfied with the school system's response to their children being given drug laced treats at school Our partners our news partners at NBC four report a 17 year old with autism was given a drug laced brownie at parkdale high school in Riverdale a toxicology screen found crystal meth Adderall and MDMA or Molly in the boy's system A 6th grader at James Madison middle school in upper Marlboro was unknowingly given some drug laced candy which turned out to be a marijuana edible The middle school administrators reportedly issued robocalls and emails reminding parents that students are not allowed to distribute food on school property The students involved in the incident at parkdale high school were reportedly suspended NBC four has unsuccessfully attempted to interview someone with prince George county school system Now to the confirmation of President Biden's Supreme Court nominee Maine senator Susan Collins is the first Republican to say she'll vote for the nomination of judge and G Brown Jackson WTO's Mitchell Miller on Capitol Hill Collins says she made her decision after her latest meeting with Jackson In the end I decided that she had the qualifications be experienced and the credentials that we require of a Supreme Court Justice and warranted my support The GOP lawmaker telling reporters she's backing Jackson even though she doesn't always agree with her rulings Collins vote comes on top of the 50 Democrats expected to vote for Jackson's confirmation It effectively clears the way for her to be confirmed next month and become the first black woman on the high court On Capitol Hill Mitchell Miller WTO B news Coming up on WTO a veteran NFL coach who's had recent glorious stepping away from that job but he's not leaving the team It's ten 43.
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"Experience and life size districts Now names will start getting discussed in interviews conducted beginning in March John Doe and WTO P news Prince George's county school CEO explains her spending plan and alternative school proposal Doctor Monica gold since $2.6 billion budget for prince George's county schools includes $229 million for technology for students and 144 million in mental health supports but it also consolidates alternative schools like the community based classroom and tall oaks into programs Goldson a school systems CEO insists students won't lose out But we're also doing our adding additional support a social worker mental health provider as well as professional school counselor to help them navigate that non traditional school experience The final vote before the board event is February 24th Kate Ryan wtop news Tesla is recalling nearly 54,000 cars and SUVs because their full self-driving software lets them roll through stop signs without coming to a complete halt Documents posted today by U.S. safety regulators say Tesla will disable the feature with an over the Internet software update the rolling stop feature allows vehicles to go through intersections with always stop signs and up to 5.6 miles an hour The documents say Tesla agreed to the recall after two meetings with officials from the national highway traffic safety administration Tesla knows of no crashes or injuries caused by the feature for more information in the models affected You can check out our website WTP dot com search recalls They had money news a new owner of whirl at 7 24.
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"James wtop news Teachers and parents got the word this week and boy did it come quickly Prince George's county schools will go back to virtual learning starting next week The robo calls from the prince Georges county school system started going out Friday afternoon Due to the stark rise in COVID-19 cases throughout our school system all students will transition to virtual learning Monday December 20th through Thursday December 23rd In a statement on the prince George's county school systems website doctor Monica goldson said the increase in COVID-19 positivity rates significantly challenged the ability of teachers and staff to deliver instruction Teachers will have to report to school buildings for virtual instruction parents will be able to get instructional items on Monday December 20th and they should contact their schools for pickup times according to the announcement Kate Ryan news And now parents are scrambling I'm Matt small It was just oh I got a text message from the county that said all the kids are going virtual until January 14th Let's buoy mother of three Melissa Shane hour She tells WTP that while she's fine with the move to all virtual learning she didn't see it coming I was a little blindsided It kind of came out of nowhere But she and husband Chris say they'll find a way to make it work and their kids They are very excited My oldest really liked virtual learning and was kind of sad when she had to go back to school The other two were just happy that they don't have to get up as early to make it to school on time Matt small news In light of the boost in COVID-19 cases around the region Montgomery county schools are making some adjustments also while school leaders aren't canceling in person classes altogether school leaders are suspending in person extracurricular activities That does not however include athletics because of the vaccination requirement for a student athletes the school system says practices in games could go on as scheduled Coming up after traffic and weather how the all Macron variant is hitting the economy as it spreads across the country It's ten O.
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Some Maryland School Districts Requiring Proof of Vaccination
"Three Maryland school districts Montgomery, Prince George's and Howard counties. In a pre taped message to Prince George's County school employees, Dr Monica Goldson made the announcement All Prince George's County public School employees will be required to either show proof of vaccination. By Friday, August 27th or submit to weekly on site testing. Montgomery County Public schools issued that systems back to school plans online and like Prince George's County schools, employees will have to get vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. Howard County was the first school district to announce mandated vaccinations for staff. We also will continue vaccination clinics throughout the fall, Howard County School Superintendent Dr Michael Martarano announced the policy at the Board of Education meeting. Thursday. Kate Ryan, w
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"Prince George's county schools have virtual learning and a two hour early dismissal for ST Mary's County public schools. It's a two hour delay. Queen Anne's county schools will have virtual learning only today. Now through Virginia, where many school systems have decided to cancel in person classes as well. Classes are canceled in Arlington Culpepper. Fuck here allowed in Spotsylvania, Stafford, Prince William and rapid handing county public schools as well as for Church city schools Manassas City in Manassas, Park City and Fredericksburg City, Fairfax County Public schools in Alexandria City, Public schools will hold virtual only learning in West Virginia. Jefferson County will help promote learning only you can get the whole list at w t o p dot com Now not even a pandemic could stop the animal. Maryland State police Polar bear plunge Although it did look a little different this year for the past 24 years, thousands of people would be sponsored to run into the chilly waters at Sandy Point Park in Annapolis to raise money for the special Olympics. Well, the crowd couldn't gather at the beach this year, They still took part by getting sponsored for virtual plunges, jumping in the swimming pools being splashed with ice water and freezing temperatures. Even getting into dunk tanks. Goal for the plunge was to raise $2 million and they came close at 1.76 million. The money will support over 8700 Special Olympics athletes in Maryland. Michelle Morello. W T. O P News Coming up in money News, Toys R Us says.
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Washington, DC Schools announces virtual classes only on Monday, delaying in-person learning
"Only today in Maryland and Randall County. Public schools are closed today and tomorrow classes and Carol Charles and Frederick counties are also canceled. Prince George's County schools have virtual learning with a two hour early dismissal today, and ST Mary's County public schools are on a two hour delay. Now the Virginia where many school systems have decided to cancel in person and virtual classes. Today, classes are canceled in Arlington. Culpepper Faulk here loud in Spotsylvania, Stafford, Prince William and Rapid, Handy County public schools as well as false church City, Manasseh City and Fredericksburg City schools. Fairfax County public schools in Alley. Zander YAH City public schools will hold virtual on Lea learning today and we can get the whole list of closings and delays. You can always find it at the w t o p dot com 5 23 here
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"Of safe at this time. The fire marshal's office is here looking for the cause. That's DC fire Chief John Donnelly on Capitol Hill. Michelle Bash. W T O P News now to the region. Sluggish vaccine Roll out, you know, the health systems ran out of shots this week and had to cancel thousands of appointments for Fairfax County School workers. But today there's some better news emails alerting school employees to the new availability of vaccines went out late Wednesday night in many of them were eager to get back on the list. Many, many thousands Of staff will be getting their vaccines Thursday. Friday, Saturday and Sunday at CPS spokeswoman Lucy Caldwell says they know some employees didn't get new links in the school system is working with the Nova to fix that. It's happening as the county gets ready to unveil its reopening planned next week with a goal of getting more kids back in the classroom by February, 16th. We're hoping and very optimistic. We will have his many staff vaccinated when those plans take place, the Federation of Teachers says that should be put on hold until the positivity rate is below 5%. Right now, it's 11.6 John Doman. W T. O P News school systems are working to get teachers vaccinated against covert 19. Prince George's County just announced plans starting this weekend. Kaiser Permanente and the Prince George's County School system have come up with a plan to get teachers their covert 19 vaccinations in this Series of clinics starting at the sports and Learning complex and land over this weekend. It's expected the clinics will continue for up to eight weeks. The Prince George's County school system will allow teachers to prepare recorded classes for the Monday following their vaccinations, if needed. The decision on a return to in person instruction will be updated in mid February in Montgomery County, where the return to in person learning is set for mid March. The county school system is working with Johns Hopkins to get those teachers vaccinated Cake Ryan W. T. O P. News for those of you who.
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Washington, DC - Prince George's County considers taking armed officers out of schools
"Hour prince George's county schools are considering their own move to defund the police in the midst of the George Florida Floyd protests at last night's meeting the P. G. school board considered a proposal to end the use of school resource officers board member Belinda queen was a supporter of the idea and thinks they can use modern equipment to replace officers on campus if somebody has a gun we gotta start making sure that we have technology to things outside the box and then we can save a whole lot of money on other things but board member Curtis Valentine says SROs are important for more than security and I've seen first hand the connections that SROs have had particularly in building relationships with students the proposal could come before the board next week but it's not clear if they can legally make this move as it may conflict with
Mornings on the Mall with Brian Wilson
Wednesday school closings and delays
"But the ice arrived late causing mass school closings and delays this morning we've had several changes just in the past half hour so here's the latest from the W. I. male storm center in Virginia the schools close this morning fog here Loudon Manassas city Manassas park prince William Spotsylvania and Stafford county schools all close today the school's two hours late Alexandria Arlington Fairfax falls church and Fredericksburg in Maryland these school systems opening two hours late Hannah Rundle Carol Charles Frederick Howard Montgomery and prince George's county schools all two hours late get the complete list of closings and delays it W. I. L. dot