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
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
Bay. Shenandoah valley in the mid60s and upper 50s out in the mountains and your check list for the day ahead and into the weekend, well have a warm, unoctober like afternoon and then some showers looking more likely tomorrow afternoon, windy and chilly saturday. Big change for the weekend and a pleasant sunday cool ay dry. Breaking news in first 4 traffic. Take a look here, outer loop at the right through lane is closed here as well. You can see those backups, chopper 4 is on the way to show us what is going on here from above. Northbound bw parkway. Left lane getting by the milling and paving project slowing things down northbound and southbound here. This morning, still have this problem as well. In germantown, eastbound 118 at bottom of the beltway coming up. Topping our decision 2016 coverage this morning, the third and final president ial debate. Hillary clinton and donald trump did not hold anything back in the final faceoff on the debate stage. The fall out this morning, focusi
Liberal voices of the 1960s and beyond is gone. Onetime husband of jane fonda passed away after a long illness according to his wife, barbara williams. Organizing demonstrations that rocked the nation. Some turning violent including one that resulted in a notorious Chicago Seven trial and he found fame as an author and esteemed lecturer and elected to posts in california state politics. Well have much more on the life and impact of a liberal icon later. And now for the race to the white house with just 15 days to the election, the president ial candidates are in an all out sprint until the final votes are cast. Barn storming the country in an effort to push their closing arguments. But a new abc poll now has Hillary Clinton leading by double digits. The trail, his Campaign Manager now concedes they are behind clinton. Has more. Reporter even veteran republican strategists concede its very difficult to see a win. I dont see it happening. Maybe it could but i doubt in the just over two w
Mel, good morning. Good morning, steve, allison, just as you said a few minutes ago is when the parking lot here started to see a little more traffic. People coming in for that early voting and also to set up for voters. Schools in Fairfax County and Prince William country and Loudoun County and Spotsylvania County all closed today. Fairfax county board of elections does expect pretty large turnout for this super tuesday. And now, virginia is on primary which means that voters here can come into their poling place and ask for imer a republican or a democrat ballo ballot. And they do not have to sign that gop loyalty pledge that first had been talked about near virginia in order to vote republican. And there are 49 rendell gats up for grabs and 95 delegate grabs up in virginia and virginia is seen as a big prize here because its a pretty good indicator of how things may go in the rest of the nation. And and wins here strategically important and all candidates made recent stops in virgin