Good coming off independence on 277. Matthews inbound, 13 minutes, 49 miles an hour. Providence road from the arboretum area, 17 minute commute. Concord to center city, 20 minutes at 68milesperhour. That is a check of the morning traffic, christine, over to you. Christine this morning, we know charlottemecklenburg School Superintendent ann clark will remain in that position through june of next year. Amid a heated debate the school board voted to extend her contract and begin a search for the next superintendent immediately. Wbtvs Ashton Pellom is live in charlotte with more on what was a divisive vote, ashton, explain explain. Reporter good morning, christine. The debate turned heated and personal but the school board voted 63 to keep ann clark in her current position through june of 2017. Before the vote, principals in cms wore red in solidarity, each stood up and called ann clark their hero and praised her for school district. That in hopes to keep clark on the job longer and appare
Smoothly. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. John bus drivers were out early in the cold temperatures, starting up their buses to make sure they are warm when the child climbs on board. Take a look at these temperatures, it is brutal cold out there this morning. Today bus drivers are getting special recognition for the work they do. Mark davenport is following that story live right now. Good morning, mark. Reporter good morning, john, it is not just today, all week long, this is bus driver appreciation week. Today they are getting something special, the bus drivers that go over to Shamrock Gardens elementary, they will meet with superintendent ann clark just before 8 00 this morning, she will be thanking each one of the drivers that shows up for getting your children there safe every single day both in the morning and back home in the afternoon. All about taking care of the bus drivers and this week all about the theme love the
Needs to get it fixed. The cold snap will be the longer it will run. Its hard when people dont have preventive maintenance performed. Reporter we checked with several companies about who told us they have gotten a steady stream of calls with broken heating so its been broken thermostats, igniters or frozen drains. Weather and traffic every ten minutes on Eyewitness News daybreak at 5 00 a. M. Mark taylor is monitoring dozens of d. O. T. Cameras for us. Right now, any issues so far . So far so good. Well keep a close eye from gaston county, which was slammed yesterday. Were off to a good start from gastonia. There are new problems. You under for a cold ride this morning. Looking down in south charlotte now, 77 in nations fort. The Traffic Volume is light i just checked in with highway patrol, there are no issues, but as soon as that changes, well let you know. Superintendent ann clark will keep her position for another year. Last night, leaders voted to extend her contract while they co
Lower, the furnaces and heating units inside are working harder. I dont know about you guys, but i like it pretty warm. So right now this apartment where were at we have the temperature set to 75 degrees. We rode around with a acosta heating and air conditioning and weve been going with them to the calls they had for broken heating units. This resident says his mothers house has not had heat for a week. Shes been away from home because she had surgery, but her son called a repair company because shes coming home soon. Acosta heating and air says most people are surprised when it gets cold that the heaters dont work. When we have a big cold snap, someone might not know that their unit is not working correctly until it gets this cold. Reporter thats why they say it is a good idea to get routine maintenance on your unit so you have it when you we did check overnight with several companies. They have been getting a steady stream of calls for service because of broken units. They are answer
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