High tech devices to listen tosn and record your conversations. Cv plus, potentially documentation allegations against d. C. Mayor d Muriel Bowser. Hear from the group accusing ofn her accepting Illegal Campaign contributions. Actually, i dont want t getd into the details with you of a date and time. Nd would you get into the details of anyone about that. Fox5 news at 10 starts now. We begin tonight with Prince Georges County Public Schools, it just joined the list of schools closing tomorrow becauso am ofw its teachers havee requested leave to observe theee day without a woman movement. School leaders made the Decision Just a few hours ago. They join alexandria city publiy schools and Center City Public Charter schools in the district in closing all of their schoolsr tomorrow due to a high number oh absence requests from teachers and staff. Staf some parents tell fox5 they arey left scrambling to find lastfind minute childcare im extremely disappointed. Sapp its a Big Inconvenience to
Parents trying to figure out last minute childcare plans. Im tony perkins and im shawn yancy. The School District says it didnt have a choice. It had to close due to the high number of absence requests from teachers and staffers. Alexandria city Public Schools and Center City Public Charter schools in d. C. Are also closing to. Fox5s Sarah Simmons live in landover tonight with the latest. Sarah. Reporter shawn, Prince Georges County schools made that announcement pretty late tonight, somewhere around 7. 30 they made the aanionsment that they were indeed shutting down the school because there were too am people who requested time off for tomorrows strike, a day without a objection to the form at this point they really feel as though that was their only choice. Kevin maxwell, the chief executive officer for Prince Georges County says approximately 1700 teachers and 30s p of the transportation staff are going to be out requested leave. They will be off tomorrow. And that they specifically
Parents trying to figure out last minute childcare plans. Im tony perkins and im shawn yancy. The School District says it didnt have a choice. It had to close due to the high number of absence requests from teachers and staffers. Alexandria city Public Schools and Center City Public Charter schools in d. C. Are also closing to. Fox5s Sarah Simmons live in landover tonight with the latest. Sarah. Reporter shawn, Prince Georges County schools made that announcement pretty late tonight, somewhere around 7. 30 they made the aanionsment that they were indeed shutting down the school because there were too am people who requested time off for tomorrows strike, a day without a objection to the form at this point they really feel as though that was their only choice. Kevin maxwell, the chief executive officer for Prince Georges County says approximately 1700 teachers and 30s p of the transportation staff are going to be out requested leave. They will be off tomorrow. And that they specifically
Today. In a letter from superintendent Kevin Maxwell he apologized for the inconvenience noteing a callout was urged by action of womens march on washington. 1700 teachers and 30 of transportation staff requested that personal leave. Maxwell said schools simply dont have the staff or substitutes to fill absences and also said the board of education takes no political stance on day without a woman demonstration. Board memberal exing ander member Alexander Wallace understands the action. As a person, proud feminist. I understand the call of the organizations mission. And i understand the dire need for that statement to be heard. And to the employees that requested personal leave off from Prince George county Public Schools your message was heard loud and clear to this board member. Explain the School District like we heard from alexandria Public Schools yesterday cannot deny the personal leave when it is requested that is the way that the Union Bargaining agreement works. Thats agreement
The top story on wusa 9 at 11 comes for our Prince Georges County bureau, and ellison barber has more. Reporter investigators said here a 3yearold was forced to mop up one of his own urine, and thats one of the reasons they decided to discontinue the federal funding for the Head Start Program here in the county. We spoke to a member of the board of education who says he didnt know about any of it until he saw it on the news. Another board member says that could not be further from the truth. April 14th, thats the date that needs to stick out. April14th. If i read it, i would hope my colleagues read it, too. Reporter board member Kay Alexander wallace learned about the federal review that is rocking the Community Months ago. Going into june, two more incidents happened. Reporter edward bureau says he didnt know about it until he saw it this week on the news. In the statement all Board Members learned about the investigation and the accusations at a meeting on april 15th and they had acc