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behalf of of laid off employees. la keshia mars who teaches first grade at j.l. wilson elementary got the news over the phone from her principal while on the bus headed home. that was bad enough. not being able to say good-bye to the 20 first graders in her class, even worse. she wonders if they ll be even able to meet the academic goals. how do we achieve that with a long-term sub instead of a certified, qualified teacher with eight years of experience? mars is already looking for a new job, but there is plenty of competition. 229 teachers were laid off just in d.c. a powerful and vocal critic against the teacher layoffs in d.c. is in the hospital today. d.c. councilman marion barry was admitted to howard university hospital for dehydration. the ward 8 councilman and four- time d.c. mayor successfully underwent a kidney transplant and is expected to remain in the hospital for the next few days. we just learned that the woman struck by a metro bus this weekend h ....