Darci Marchese – WTOP Ì«×Ó̽»¨ Washington's Top Ì«×Ó̽»¨ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:04:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 /wp-content/uploads/2021/05/WtopÌ«×Ó̽»¨Logo_500x500-150x150.png Darci Marchese – WTOP Ì«×Ó̽»¨ 32 32 Charles Co. delays bringing Phase 2 students back /charles-county/2021/02/some-charles-co-students-will-return-to-in-person-learning-in-march/ /charles-county/2021/02/some-charles-co-students-will-return-to-in-person-learning-in-march/#respond Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:20:19 +0000 /?p=22028626 After a night of tension between Charles County education officials and school leaders, the Maryland county’s school board voted to delay bringing Phase 2 students back to classrooms so teachers could be fully vaccinated.

Charles County schools will enter Phase 2 on March 22 — three weeks after Superintendent Kim Hill’s original proposal of March 1. She plans to bring teachers back to the classroom on Feb. 22.

Those who will return include special education students, English-language learners, career and technical education students, and children of staff members.

During an hours-along meeting, Hill pleaded with the board to do the right thing for children she says are suffering.

“We are tasked with making decisions that are best for children. What I hear is, you all are making decisions that are best for adults,” she told the board.

Board member Tajala Battle-Lockhart, who remains vocally opposed to bringing any children back to buildings this academic year, responded to Hill.

“Normally, this is all about the students, but we’re talking about lives and we don’t exempt teachers and staffs’ lives from this process,” she said.

Charles County is one of just two Maryland counties that does not have a plan to return all students to in-person learning.

Toward the end of the meeting, with much of the discussion surrounding vaccines, school safety and security director Jason Stoddard said science shows vaccines are just a tool and not a prerequisite to bringing students and teachers back.

He cited data supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. federal government and the county’s own superintendent of schools and doctors who presented information to the board.

Stoddard also pointed out many teachers are not taking advantage of signing up for vaccines. He said there were 2,400 spots for appointments ending on Thursday. As of Tuesday night, there were still hundreds of slots remaining.

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]]> /charles-county/2021/02/some-charles-co-students-will-return-to-in-person-learning-in-march/feed/ 0 Fairfax Co. holding meetings about organized deer hunt /fairfax-county/2016/08/fairfax-co-holding-meetings-about-organized-deer-hunt/ /fairfax-county/2016/08/fairfax-co-holding-meetings-about-organized-deer-hunt/#respond Tue, 02 Aug 2016 19:52:48 +0000 http://wtop.com/?p=9836426 WASHINGTON — It’s often controversial, but officials say an organized hunt is necessary to manage the growing deer population in Fairfax County.

On Tuesday night, Fairfax County will hold the first of two meetings in August, to detail plans to curtail the growing deer population. Officials will use archery, managed shotgun hunts and sharpshooting, starting in September.

Efforts will begin Sept. 10 and will run through Feb. 25. It will come under the oversight of the Fairfax County Police Department, along with the Fairfax County Park Authority and the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority.

The Fairfax County Police Department will carry out the sharpshooting operations in various parks in the evening from November through March 2017.

The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Fairfax Government Center in Conference Rooms 2 and 3. The second meeting will be held Tuesday, Aug. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Mount Vernon District Station.

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]]> /fairfax-county/2016/08/fairfax-co-holding-meetings-about-organized-deer-hunt/feed/ 0 Thousands march in D.C. for March for Life anniversary /local/2015/01/march-life-d-c-anniversary/ /local/2015/01/march-life-d-c-anniversary/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2015 01:02:53 +0000 http://wtop.com/?p=833391 WASHINGTON — The 42nd annual March for Life comes to Washington Thursday. The event brings tens of thousands of faithful to the area to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade.

The Archdiocese of Washington says more than 28,000 teens and young adults are expected to attend a Mass at the Verizon Center, to pray for an end to legalized abortion. Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Archbishop of Washington will celebrate the 7:30 a.m. mass along with bishops from around the U.S.

There will be a march to the U.S. Supreme Court from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. along with a noon-time rally on the National Mall.

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