Behaviors of teachers. Ill show you one of them. In one case they say in june two students in form of punishment were made to hold books over their heads until their arms hurt. And they started to cry. This is all in front of a crash. That is not the only instance. Back in december, a 3yearold boy enrolled in head start at the winship wheatly center is made to mop the floor in wet clothes after a bed wetting incident. The teacher takes a picture and sends mocking text to the mother. They say the teacher humiliated the child and denied him basic needs. Today a parent at the school reacts. As a mother you dont want to sea your child go through anything like that. Especially from a grownup, a teacher that is supposed to set the example. Brad in february, the Head Start Program warned the p. G. A major scandal involving the teachers aide and the production of child porn at Sylvania Woods Elementary School explodes. In june, two more incidents involving a 5yearold walking home alone. And an
Prelimbary reports is that the man threatened the officer. Where did it go from here . Fairfax county Sheriffs Office say they are conducting an investigation and the deputy involved remains on routine administrative leave. Another story developing all morning. A huge underground fire in d. C. A transformer blew somewhere in the area of 18th street and l street northwest. They had to wait for an at least for power to be cut to businesses in that area. Kristin wright is headed there for a live report. Good morning, im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang. Another big story for a lot of us is the weather. A lot of people cleaning up today after a blew through the area. I want to show you some of the lightning that occurred here in arlington. Weather has calmed down since then. I thought, chuck, that the rain would cool things down, but no so luck. Technically, while the rain was falling. Right now, skies have cleared out nicely as the moon is getting ready to set. This is the last day of the ext
The third incident the report states a 5yearold girl at landingly Park Elementary School was left unattended 75 minutes after visiting the nurse and walked home alone. The report says theyre noti done in time. In the press conference, Prince Georges County said their goal is to provide uninterrupted access to the Head Start Program to families and county. They say it will start as planned monday, august 29th. However, no word yet where their funding will come from and guys we also spoke to a parent of a fouryearold at landingly mccore mic elementary school. She asked us to blur her face, she says shes not surprised federal funding was pulled. Her son experienced a similar instance of to he teachers humiliating him as a form of disciplining him. My son, they didnt give him permission to go to the bathroom. He had a problem changed him. So what they did is they they everybody was laughing at him until i come back Prince Georges County has 30 days from monday to appeal the termination. Th
Pepco has about 700 outages in d. C. And Montgomery County. Charles and Saint Marys County also affected here by about 150 outages. Lets find out what kind of day we can expect. No relief in sight. Not any time soo soon. Its a little bit 0 on the mord Pleasant Side this morning. That will not last. Were under the heat advisory again. Heat indexes could be flirting with 110 just like yesterday intense heat and humidity could lead to a chance for stronger storms this afternoon into this evening. Hourly temperatures we should be above 90 degrees in most neighbors, around 12 00 noon, 98 in fredericksburg, 98 on the National Mall in washington. Ill let you know how weather is going to affect your outdoor plans coming up in ten minutes. Breaking news in traffic. Breaking news inbound here at 123. We still have this fourmile backup even though the crash at 123 is now out of the way, we have a crash inbound at 50 as well adding to this problem here this morning. That crash is the right lane an
Shootings and the reasons behind it. Angie goff is at the live desk with new information. Whats going on . Weve learned that the far fax county sheriffs deputy who was on assignment at the hospital. Shot and struck that individual after being threatened. As you take a look at the scene here, that, of course, according to preliminary reports that were getting, after Darcy Spencer broke the news. The man shot is now inside the hospital recovering and is expected to be okay. This all started, they say, when someone reported a suspicious man last night with some sort of edged weapon seen at a bus stop near inova. The deputy involved is on routine administrative leave and an internal investigation is under way. Mow leet green on the scene gathering more information. A live report coming up. Also developing right now, were working to learn what kind of impact a giant under ground fire is going to have today. D. C. Fire and ems transformer blue on 18th street last night. Take a look at some o