A thousand students and staff. But is it enough for worried parents . Fox5s faith tanner joins us live near Walter Johnson junior high. And faith. You talked with some parents. What are they telling you . Tomorrow morning at 8 45. Johnson Jr High School will reopen as students return to class for the First Time Since this last wednesday. We learned today that at that time mercury levels were 1015 times the same limit. But now the epa says its safe for kids to be back inside parent im excited that school is going to be open tomorrow its been a long time, too many days missed from school mom, Stephanie Henderson says its about time johnson jr. High school reopened. Classes have been cancelled the last 3 days while the epa cleaned up and decontaminated the building after a mercury spill. Parent today i went and got all her blood work done just in case. But the doctor told me not to worry still, parents like hesitant about sending their kids back to school. Parent now im still kinda fearin
Send him back to school because im a lot older and i know what this world is ok one kid does something wrong and another kid wants to do something better. The Environmental Protection agency came by the familys house over the weekend. They took my clothes, they took my shoes, they took literally everything that fitted me, all of my new clothes, school. Dawsons clothes. And his two brothers are being evaluated after wednesdays mercury scare. They checked his clothes which was in a pile and thats where they found a very very high volume of the mercury. When they came in my room, i heard the beeping going crazy. Dawson was one of several students that stepped on the it was like a little bead. It looked like a marble. His grandparents say they dont feel comfortable sending him back to school yet. We didnt know how serious it was. We didnt know what was going to happen. And they dont plan on getting their clothes back. Either. I said im telling you right now i dont want them back. If theres
Parts of south jersey, delaware, very heavy rain, thunderstorms, even gusty winds, north and west didnt see whole lot in the way of activity. So how much rain have we seen in parts of central delaware, also extreme south injuries jersey, blew color, upward half inch to inch of rain. Very heavy rainfall, overnight, for part of the area. But once again, north and west, we really did not see a whole lot. So, lets talk little bit about the forecast for your thursday, still dealing with the heat across the area, so weather by the numbers, scale of one to ten, today will be a seven, the humidity will return, looks like we could make this day nine of our fifth heatwave. The longest so far of the year. Seventyfive right now philadelphia, 72 millville, looking at 74 wilmington and dover, along with Atlantic City so the weather headlines for today, some spotty showers out there early. All of that moisture will make it more humid for today. Once again, could be day nine of that fifth heatwave. So
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Should ever have to live throu through. Reporter no, dawn, one too many are facing. Absolutely the case. Kids literally dodging bullets on almost daily basis and their parents frankly panic stricken the mere thought of letting their children walk out the front door. The city streets down the 3100 block of sheraton on this day after. But it could not walk away the stain of violence that nearly claimed two more young lives. I was crying. She was crying. Reporter it was around 6 30 monday night when 12yearold sanchez they call her jew jew and her best friend nineyearold lindsay were leaving a grocery at cleveland and marshall when nearby argument turned violent. 19 shots fired from Assault Rifle and semiautomatic handgun the girls caught in the middle. Jew jew took two shots to the thigh. Lindsay got a face full of glass from a shattered door. Like somebody poked you extra hard. Reporter how much did that hurt . Like on scale one to 10 it was like a 10. Now its an eight. You got hit with