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
Were going to trend to sunshine and beautiful afternoon. Windy around here. Daytime highs in the 60s. 51 washington. Wind norm and west at 12. You may have heard the front come through between and in the portion an winds picked up. Theres a live look at stormtracker radar you can see were doing rain showers parts of the area eastern side of beltway Prince William county and Cape May County and all of this will push off south and east. And well get a chance to clear it out. Forecast for wednesday turning into a beautiful afternoon. Right should be shine. Temperatures mid all right. More weather in a few. Erin has busy road. You add water and what that does to the commute. The 5 northbound earlier crash cleared. Heavy traffic across all lanes. Southbound 95 been a problem one lane getting by. Be mindful 24 down in for an hour delay. As we look at drive times this morning 66. Youre seeing yellow zone of 40 minute drive Prince William to capital beltway. En er loop bottom side of beltway 2
Prince George County alone 1700 features requested off teachers requested off. Live in upper marboro with more, mel, good morning. Good morning, guys, the School System wants to be clear that this was a decision not because of the protests but literally they had no choice. They were taking a stand on the movement itself. Prince George County by far the largest School System to be affected by this call out. The message was sent through e male a. M. Posted on School Web Site 7 30 last night which is not a lot of time for parents try to figure something out for the 127,000 students who now do not have a classroom to go to today. Now, letter from super intend enter dr. Kevin maxwell apologized for inconvenience noting callout was action urged by organizers of the womens march on washington. As you me 1700 teachers and also 30 of transportation staff requested that personal leave day. Maxwell said absences compromised School System ability to transport students and provide safe productive l
Were going to trend to sunshine and beautiful afternoon. Windy around here. Daytime highs in the 60s. 51 washington. Wind norm and west at 12. You may have heard the front come through between and in the portion an winds picked up. Theres a live look at stormtracker radar you can see were doing rain showers parts of the area eastern side of beltway Prince William county and Cape May County and all of this will push off south and east. And well get a chance to clear it out. Forecast for wednesday turning into a beautiful afternoon. Right should be shine. Temperatures mid all right. More weather in a few. Erin has busy road. You add water and what that does to the commute. The 5 northbound earlier crash cleared. Heavy traffic across all lanes. Southbound 95 been a problem one lane getting by. Be mindful 24 down in for an hour delay. As we look at drive times this morning 66. Youre seeing yellow zone of 40 minute drive Prince William to capital beltway. En er loop bottom side of beltway 2
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