look at the hole from washington up towards frederick down to the south. the advisories taken down during the metro area, down through the south, down around fredericksburg, these are winter weather advisories. we'll talk much more about snow totals and what's coming in for the next cupping hours, a critical time. we're monitoring the conditions. let's begin in southern maryland. getting wet in waldorf? that's alls finish. >> reporter: it is. a cold rain has been falling all afternoon. plus they're out from the same highway administration spreading

chemicals to try to make roadways here in waldorf safer, keeping an eye, in case it does snow, and southern maryland is ready for the snow. public school students were sent home two hours early. >> potential for dangerous weather in the afternoon, and we don't want students on buses going home during the dangerous weather. parents thought the early release was a good idea. >> it's a little inconvenience for me, but i would rather do it now than if the snow comes early and -- it's good. >> reporter: food shoppinger stocked up because of the winter storm advisory. >> milk has to be -- if the grandkids come over. >> she's concerned about the

weather, and she wants to stock up on some food to have some extra stuff in case it gets bad. >> reporter: so people here in southern maryland are ready and waiting for the snow. that's the latest. >> the rain is starting to freeze up a bed in fredericksburg, but salt and sand trucks are at the ready. david cull remember is live along route 3 along with conditions there. >> reporter: about an hour we reported that the cold rain has turned into sleet. we can say that sleet has turned into a cold rain. that's precisely why vdot said they yoon use the brine.

officials insist they're ready to handle whatever falls. they'll have many more hours on the clock. >> we'll be working continuously untilal roads are clear. >> reporter: because of the rain, pretreatments, will that make the roads worse? >> it's a pretend i have measure. it prevents the ice from forming, so it's an extra tool in our tool kit. >> reporter: these trucks headed to interstate 95 around 3:00 this afternoon. they dispersed the salt and sand mix ahead of any snow. some drivers heeded the warning. >> left work in delaware earlier than i normally would have rep

they were caught off-guard. worth noting here, noting only some of the roads in certain counties coming up at 6:00, how they are preparing for this long night. the noting, when you see the "keep back 100 feet" signs, try to obey them. take a look at this, some residents in mississippi woke up to the highest snowfall in three years. for the lates on the weather at any time, download our weather app. in itunes or the android market. breaking news right now on the search for a man who attacked a teenager. police tell us the girl was walking to her school bus stop near lourdes and hick torrie

drives this morning. shomari stone is live live took police are searching for the girl's attacker. we talked to her paints. they tell us she is shaken up right now. a man walked up he grabbed the girl, they both fell on the ground. the teen courageous loy fought back. he then ran away. a man who lives hereby heard the girl yelling. >> i'm thinking it was the kids going to school, but then i said, it was too early to go to school and i never thought about it. >> reporter: please searched three areas, and they're live

here, i'm shomari stony, news4. we're waiting a verdict tonight for a former ploirs accused of killing his girlfriend. jackie bensen is live outside the courthouse, where the jury is deliberating right now. jackie? >> reporter: i can tell you we sat through very moving closing arguments. many members of the victims' family sobbed quietly. the closing arguments came down to this. one of the prosecutors called former d.c. police officers richmond phillips, quote, a liar, a cheat, and an abuser of women. he went on to say -- and the evidence showed he is also a murderer. now, phillips' own attorney said my client is a thoroughly unlikable guy, a liar, a cheat and a womanizer. but, he went on to say, the evidence does not show that he's

a murderer. the prosecution relied heavily on surveillance camera, and it shows hose -- who's also the mother of a baby girl jalen. he said that prosecutors do not believe that phillips wanted to go to court the next day for a child custody hearing, where he would have to establish the paternity of jalen. prosecutors alleged that phillips tried to talk wright out of the going to that court hearing. when he couldn't, he shot her as he drove her car a short distance away and left baby jalen to die. evidence introduced that she died anywhere from one to three hours later in temperatures that reached 125 degrees in that car. the jurors are deliberating. when we get an update, we will

bring it to you. special forces have complete their operation to free hostages, but the report did not say how many hostages survived or how many militants were killed. secretary of state hillary clinton called the situation fluid today. said the u.s. is hoping the situation will be resolved with a minimal loss of life. the newly remodeled colorado movie theater, site of last summer's horrible shooting massacre, will open for the first time tonight. there wille a private remembrance ceremony in and a movie for victims' families. some relatives of those killed are boycotting, calling tonight's events insensitive. james holmes is accused of killing 12 people, wounding dozens of others back in july. in virginia, police say a woman was shot to death by someone who knocked on her door early this morning. this is footage over the scene. police say she answered the door about 3:30. she argued with the visitor who

reportedly fired several shots and then ran off. investigators don't think this was a random shooting. after weeks of intense debate, the d.c. school system made major changes to a plan to close 20 city schools. five of those schools will now remain open. tom sherwood has our story. >> reporter: garrison elementary now has about 250 students, far less than it was built to handle. the school chancellor had it as one of the 20 schools to close, but since then parents promised to boost enrollment, to drawing more parents from the rapidly improving neighborhood. garrison will stay open, parents are delighted. >> i just found out when you called, so that was a good thing. we've been involved in our schools, with the trips and field trips, have a good rapport with the teachers there and the principal. it's a good school. >> it's been there for years,

and lot of new people are moving into the block, and they want the kids to go to that school. >> reporter: it's one of five schools that won't close after an cease muppet. 15 others will close, including southeast malcolm x elementary and other poorly attended schools. >> i went into this knowing that schools consolidations are treacherous territory. this plan reflects a significant input. >> reporter: henderson says her revised list of 15, mostly almost tears and one high school, is final. it would go into effect next fall and next year. the drr 20 million savings will be plowed back into school programs. >> to reinvest in our schools to ensure that across the city students have access to the same diverse coursewok and enriching educational opportunities.

>> about 140 jobs will be eliminated because of the school closings, but henderson says highly effective people will be found in other places. we're just getting started here on knife nif. the battle over gun laws takes a new turn. find out why some lawmakers came to work with an ak-47. getting shamed into paying up. how maryland drivers may not be able to dodge fines anymore. and a fire breaks out in a restaurant that br at honda, we know some people are never happy with the way things are. and are always dreaming of how they could be.

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the grass on the national mall, it took a beating four years ago when the huge inaugural crowd trampled it down to practically nothing. >> this year mall officials are spending millions on plastic floor toss make sure that doesn't happen again. richard jordan is live on the mall with what they're doing to keep the grass greener on the other side. richard? >> reporter: this is some pretty expensive real estate. it cost more than $16 million to redo the lawn. it used to be protected by fencing and rope. now instead these plastic sheetsly laid starting tomorrow.

it will take two days, because there's a lot of ground to cover. the inauguration preparations are almost complete. >> port-a-potties, grandstands, people getting excited. >> reporter: but there's one important lair. they large plastic sheets will protect the new grads. >> 7,560 of these sheets will be laid over the newly sodded lawn. >> reporter: this is a snapshot of what it used to look like, but the mall's care takers hoping history won't repeat itself. >> it will have an impact. we're doingle best we can to protect it. >> reporter: next week the mall will again endure the weight of thousands, but to spare the multimillion dollar investment, a plastic cover will barely even

touch the ground. it's tall terra-plast. >> this isser the only things touching the great. is allows the grass to breathe action allows light to come through it, allow water to pass through these holes. >> reporter: it's used in large concerts and events before. believe it or in the, the grass gets greener on the other side. >> it actually warms the grass, so you'll have it greener when you pick this up. that's a little under for this time of year. >> reporter: it's seen as a remedy to avoid a torn-up turf. >> you'll have thousands of people, it's been wet, it might for. you don't want a big muddy mall after this. >> reporter: the terra-plast starts going down tomorrow. the plan is to pick it back up after the inauguration on monday afternoon. richard jordan, news4. for everything you need to know about the inauguration,

download the news4 app. and follow our locals' guide to the inauguration. just search nbcwashington.com in the app. store or google play l playful. all right. if you expected snow in the district, we got nada. >> and that's what we said. we want almost nothing in the d.c. metro areaivities there were no accusations there. >> and it's true. down to the south we are starting to see the rain change over to for. we told you the biggest areas fredericksburg, that's still going to be the case. those totals, however, we have lowered a bit. there are changes out to the forecast. right now clouds across the area, but nothing falling in d.c. once again yesterday we want if you lived around d.c., i want if you lived north of 66 or north of 50 in maryland, you aren't going to see any. even though on the radar, you look at this and say, wow, a lot

of rain falling around fred ricks, notice changing over to snow and fredericksburg, now reporting snow, portions of southern maryland starting to report snow now, but i want to show you what's going on over the metro region. look at this doughnut hole. very dry air at the surface, actually raining aloft. as it comes down and dries up, we get this doughnut hole going on. there's been a couple areas of light rarn, but most of it han waldorf, down towards fredericksburg, so we're going to continue to what much out for that. heaviest stuff right here across the river, king george county, this will change over to snow here within the next hour to two hours. already starting to see that. 42 degrees in the district, even if it did do anything, but it would be rain right now, windchill in at 38 degrees. the temperatures are starting to fall. 37 in fredericksburg, 37 up towards gaithersburgaithersburg

precipitation continue toss move in, the temperatures will continue to fall. you notice this line, this snow line right here, just keeps on progressing a bit to the east. we are going to see it change over. here's the storm down toward the south that will make its way down to the south and east. advisories were dropped earlier for the washington, d.c. metro area. down to the south u. culpepper, la plata, you're still under the winter weather advisories, so that's the area that we've been talking about, that's the area we've been mentioning the whole time. this evening, snow moving in to the south, light accumulation. slick spots to the south, windchills in the teens. that may be the bigger factor tomorrow. and temperatures tomorrow will be slow to climb. tomorrow will be cold and windy ah afternoon. so snow today, once again, d.c. metro to the north, almost nothing, possible a dusting,

maybe 1 to 2 down toward the south, still 2 to 4 around potentially, but once again the numbers could be on the lower side, so don't expect a whole lot. i think the windchill tomorrow gets about 30. that's about it, a high of 38, maybe the coldest say so far. nice on saturday, a high on 47. inauguration day, a high of 346, it looks okay around noon, though, time for inauguration, a bit on the breezy side, too, then even colder into the middle of next week. thank you, doug. coming up a rescue dog takes loyalty to a whole new level. how the faithful friend honored his owner in life and in death. a group called the sandy hook truthers are causing problem in newtown. the caps on the ice trying to make nice with the fans. we'll show you some of the

a jury is deliberating in the trial of rich more phillips. in algeria, still no words how many hostages died in a rescue effort.

the country's state news agency says terrorists were neutralized and many hostages were freed. it looks like president obama could pain on the gun control proposals. supporters got an e-mail promising more soon from the campaign organization. the caps are taking another step to mend fences after the hockey lockout. they're hold ago practice tonight, free for those who want to go. dan hellie has a special guest who's more than ready for saturday. >> wendy brought it up, 119 days, but everybody is ready for hockey. there's going to be a scrimmage down here. the reg hear season opens on the road in tampa before coming back for the home opener. joining mess owner ted lee onon. after missing 34 games, did you ever really fear this wouldn't be a

season at all? >> no, i thought we were in it together. the association we aren't that stressful. the players wanted to play, the owners wanted to play, but it was just trying to get to the point both sides were comfortable. >> reporter: why does hockey miss nor games than any other major sport? >> if i had the answer to that, i would have fixed it sooner. the good news is we have a long-term deal. i feel pretty good about the way the system will work, and so i think we'll last for ten years. we want to put all of that behind us, and now focus on plays. as you said, we open saturday in tampa, and come back here on tuesday. tonight we'll have a bunch of people in. we're trying something new. we're just opening the doors and season ticket holders, lots of rsvps, but anyone who wants can watch hockey and eat free food.

>> that's not too shabby there. the excitement level is definitely there. a new head coach in adam most. it seems like the capitaling been taking to his system. it's allowing the -- >> adam was like a coach on the ice, and he's hall of fame, and i do have to chuckle a bit when they go, what's the system? he wants you to play really good offense and really good defense. and that sounds like a plan. i think the players, though, they like that we're going to open it up a belt. we have a load of offensive talent, starting with our cappon. if your stars are performing well, and they're happy, the energy level that they generate the whole tame follows that and

he looks great. he's really, really excited about the system, because adam's going to move him all over the ice. the left wing, right wing,. >> is this whole marriage thing going to be good for ovechkin? >> alex is 27 now. we forget he's been around. this is his seventh year. yeah, i think he's maturing. a lot of our players are, nick backstrom, mike green looks more mature. they're or bedrock foundational players. i think that beauty calms the savage beast action and they're all with great girls you know, this is what he went. >> ted, thank you so much. >> i missed you. >> it's good to have hockey back. we'll get a taste tonight, an appetizer better the home opener next tuesday. guys? all right.

thank you, dan. coming up next, the start football player at notre dame caught in a confusing story about the death of his girlfriend that turned out to be a hoax. president obama will take the oath of office uses president lincoln's bible. we got our hands on this historic artifact today. toll? what

millions. rv.a27 right now it's just cold rain. dozens of vdot trucks have been out since 3:00, preteething the highway as a precaution. let's check in with doug on what the conditions are expected to be tonight. >> they're going to change over to snow, most likely one the next hour or so. this is into spotsylvania county, only about 15 miles away from fredericksburg. they do have? snow. you can see it starting to coat at least some of the decks in the road. they'll continue to see that through the rest of the evening hours. this is the only area that will see accumulating snow. you notice that a lot of this is starting to tang into snow. that's what we'll continue to

see overnight. once again not a big deal. i think the roads should be fine. southern maryland, the roads should stay fine, temperatures have been well above freezing through out much of the day. we'll talk much more about this. in just a minute. >> doug, thank you, we have some breaking news just in, an update on a story from just moments ago. we've learned there is a verdict in the trial of the forme d.c. police officer accused of killing a woman and her child. his child as well. we'll have much more as it comes into news4 so stay with us for that. >> it's the richmond williams case, where he allegedly let his daughter baby die in a heated car. we'll tell you the verdict as soon as we find out. meanwhile, police have just arrested a suspect in the district's first homicide of the we're. vernon cole was charged with nurled in connection with the

death of rasheen rich. he was found death last week. witnesses say he got into an art with two men wearing green reflective vests. police released surveillance video of two persons of interest. president obama plans to go on the road to galvanize public support for his new gun control proposal. >> but the president admits it could be a tough sell, even within his own party. harry reid voted against the 1994 assault weapons ban that has since expired. he says he doesn't believe a new ban will pass congress. meanwhile, they're claiming it's a back-door way of creating a national gun rental city. a just released survey of teachers in fairfax county finds a majority believe there should not be guns? school. they support an armed police officers in schools rather than other ops like armed security guard or school staff.

27% feels school facilities are safe and security, that online surveys of 433 teachers was conducted by the fairfax county federation of teachers. meanwhile, at this hour, in rich more they are debating the very issue. a controversial vote is being on right now. julie caries says it's one of several gun bills to be considered by lawmakers. itches this is an ak-47. >> democratic lawmakers brought a powerful-looking prop to underscore their support for more than a dozen school safety and gun control measures, among them a bill that would bar gun owners from carrying a loaded weapon near school property. >> this is 30 rounds. imagine a clip that has 100 rounds, three times this size. it's legal right now, and many cities and counties to walk down the middle of main street and stand in front of a public school, but not on school property, with it.

this is what i seen to back. >> he then brought the gun with hem into the house chambers. he made a similar speech there, but then his republican colleagues scolded him for improperly handling the weapon. some republican lawmakers have turned their focus to a much different approach, a bill that would allow trained teachers and principals to carry conceal weapons in schools. gun rights group are giving that measure full support. they say gun-free school volcanoes haven't worked. >> people with conceal handguns is perfect. they don't know who to attack first. who is the ones who have the guns, who could blow away the shooter? he doesn't know. >> measures strepgtening gun owners' rights have gained ground in recent years, but this mother of a virginia tech shooting survives thinks the newtown tragedy has shifted sentiment and could help win approval this session. >> how would you like to be a

parent who had to identify your 7-year-old who had anywhere between 3 and 11 bullet wounds in that tiny body. that's what we're talking about this morning, that is why everyone is standing here. that is why we are determined to stop the gun violence that affects far too many communities. >> reporter: in richmond, julie carey, news4. the owners of a popular restaurant hope a fire woman prevent them from opening. hanks's oyster bar, also known as haven as on the hill. last night it had damage to the room, but no injuries. the fire appeared to start on the roof. investigators are still working to determine how it started. metro dishes out a multimillion dollar deal to upgrade the ages escalators. it's awarded $151 million contract to the cohe neismt

corporation, the contract will be used to modernize or replace some of the escalators. for a complete list of the escalators scheduled to be fixed or replaced, check out nbcwashington.com and search escalators. coming up, the original's thor of the famous dear abby advice column has died today. we'll look back at the legacy and a family tradition that still continues. we will stand firm and make sure that it doesn't happen. they're ready for a fight in prince georges county. why these parents are ready to stand up for their kids to get into a specific school. we're live in upper marlboro covering breaking news. jackie bensen has a verdict. >> reporter: well, jim the jurors were sent in at 3:45. at 5:00 they sent a note, saying they would plan to deliberate into the evening, but a short time ago, we received the announcement that a verdict has been returned in the case of richmond phillips, the former d.c. police officers accused of killing his girlfriend, and

leaving their child, a 15-month-old baby girl to die in a hot car last may. what's going on at the courthouse right now is family members have gone to get dinner and things like that. everyone is being called back in. when they're all present, the jurors will file into the courtroom, the jury foreman will read the verdict. a development here at the trite of former aé00w @.d20023za

we'lla27ils later. backiaia27 there are a lot of questions took about the possibility involvement of a star notre dame football player and a bizarre hoax. manti te'o led his team to the championship after he reportedly lost hi grandmother and girlfriend, but as deadspin.com first reported, the girlfriend never existed. >> if you're going to believe that manti te'o actually spent an entire year with a girlfriend that he never met and that he never did any video chatting with. >> he released a statement last night saying he developed an emotional relationship with herrion line and claims to be the victim of a cruel joke. a rescued dog, his name is tommy. he's 7 years old. he was a stray when a woman took

him in a few years ago. she died two months ago. every day at the same time, tommy goes back to the church where her funeral was held. when the bells toll, he walks inside the church, sits quietly, then goes about his day. his loyalty has won the hearts of many people in the small village. now they have adopted him. wow. we have another heartwarming story, a special tribute. >> a proud day here. liz crenshaw is a washingtonian of the year. for the past 41 years, "washingtonian" has honored local citizens who makes this town a better place for all of es. she's one of ten selected for 2012. the magazine says she's being recognized for making our protection her consuming passion. liz received the coveted plaque during a ceremony today that was also -- there she is with our own colleague, longtime

colleague doreen gentzler. we're proud to say there are many washingtonians of the year here at staff. congrats to liz the quite a day there. still ahead on "news4 at 5," we tend to monitor the conditions to our south, doug tracking the weather an the snow. >> i just saw the guy with no lights on. turn those lights on, especially with the rain. we have rain starting to change over to snow. what you can expect tomorrow. also the elaborate

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president ia27bible.ia27 the state of maryland wants to fight back against toll cheaters. >> news4's transportation reporter adam tuss has more on the plan to crack down on violators. >> chances are if you blew through a toll without paying and you got sent a bill in the mail for the toll, you would pay it, but there are people who simply don't pay attention to those bills for tolls. >> all the time. me in general, yeah. >> reporter: you don't pay the toll? >> not really, no. >> reporter: this has been a particular problem on the newest road, the all-electronics

interquicker ball it doesn't have tollbooths, usupposed to have an e-zpass to right on it. a video image is captured, but aside from getting a bill in the mail, there's little else the state can do, not even going after credit reports. some like travis harrison simply choose to ignore the bills. >> why would the government waste our time, you know, going to knock down on someone's door for one person in general, or that single person. >> reporter: the issue has grown larger than just one person. an article in worst woes recently showed that toll road cheaters in the state have racked up to close to $7 million in unpaid tolls. the state wants to go after them. >> ultimately we have the ability to flag the vehicle registration or in affect suspend the vehicle registration if there are multiple citations. >> reporter: drivers paying their fair share to ride say it's time the state does something. >> i would trevor that everybody pay the rules and pay the toll.

>> people get away with things for only so long and after a while they'll get caught. >> reporter: adam tuss, news4. across the river in northern virginia, one lawmakers is proposing the state actually purchase a major toll road, the dulles greenway, but it has been a constant headache for drivers with ever-increasing tolls. the company that owns it lost $27 million last year. republican del atjoe may says state control could improve the experience for drivers. >> compared to where the tolls are good going to have to go in the ownership stays with the private firm, it's going to be very attractive if virginia can acquire the road, freeze the tolls to where they are, and then make a few other improvements, which will make the traffic flow easier, faster. >> the proposal would pay for the greenway with state revenue bonds, meaning it would not come out of virginia's transportation funds. well, not much weather in

the d.c. area, but all eyes are down to the south. >> chief meteorologist doug kammerer. >> we're still watching it switch over to snow, down around fredericksburg, spotsylvania seeing snow, and then back into portions of southern maryland mixing with snow now. i want to show you what's going on. this is called the composite. it takes radars from all around the region, but look at our radar right here. this is what you get. a big doughnut hole right around d.c. this is what we were talking about yesterday, not seeing anything nor and west of washington, it would be to the south. we're looking at stuff to the east as well. so that will be the case all night long. the atmosphere a little too dry. the storm system not bringing enough moisture down. we are seeing precipitation, temperatures have been falling over the last few hours, so once

again, we will see that changeover from rain to snow. that's why we have that winter weather advisories in effect. see that winter weather advisory, does not include the d.y. area or any part of northern portions of maryland or into west virginia. don't worry about anything for you folks. this evening, snow moving into the south, again light accumulation, that will be about it. tomorrow morning i think the bigger insuring will be right here. ice slated slick spots, to watch out for those. tomorrow temperatures slowly climbing, but that's about it. slowly climbing for sure. we'll see a high tomorrow of only about 38 degrees. it will be quite cold, a little breezy to start the day, windchill temperatures in the teens early to around 30 in the afternoon. saturday looking good, high of 47. then 45 on sunday, monday inauguration day, a high of only 36. we'll see a chance for late-day

flurries, but that's it. after today we dry out big time. not much in the way of storms. one thing that moves in, cold weather, next week. the bible that president lincoln held in his hands for his first inauguration will also be feeling the weight of p many p.m. hand on month for the second time. today the library of congress brought out the iconic artifact. you'll notice right away it is a family bible. >> reporter: but there is something monumental about this bible, with the worn cover, this is what abe ray ham linking held in his hand. just touching it 150 years later, it resonates with the full force of all that history. may i tough it? >> certainly. >> oh, my gosh, it's cuff illustrates these are the objects that pass through time

and culture. they carry that meaning with them. it has a resonance, there's electricity about it. >> reporter: it's referred to as the lincoln bible, but the curator points out that lincoln did not own this bible. it was given to him by the clerk of the supreme court for the first inaugural. so lincoln never read this bible, never made notes or an advertised any passages. for that reasons, scholars find it worthless as a sort to understand the great man, but it does tell us something about ourselves, how we honor these objects that were created by the ancestors. this book, while held for only a brief time by president lincoln, is now somehow imbued with his spirit. it has power. >> it gives us, in essence, the window for our imagination to go to that moment, the object has come to us in time.

this was handled by abraham linco lincoln. it has a certain emotive quality that pictures in virtual reality will never provide for us. this makes history real. >> yes, it does. president obama will be sworn in again using this bible, plus the reverend martin luther king jr. bible. the two will be stacked on top of each other, and the president will use a bible from the first lady's family for the swearing-in on sunday. it's called @flotus. the account will feature first lady related news. when it's actually michelle, they will be signed with the initials m.o. it comes in account for another big event. it's the first lady's 49th birthday. the original author of the dear abby advice column has died. she died yesterday after a long battle with always hypers.

she was 94. for decades her column competed with the advice of ann landers, written by her twill sister esther, but the two were on good terms by the time esther died in 2002, and a good advice column runs in the family. the dear abby column has been written by abby's daughter jean for the past nine years now. a group of conspiracy theorists is causing more pain for the families at sandy hook. sandy hook truthers, as they're called, claim the massacre that killed 20 children and 6 adults was a hoch design designed to drum up, there's a 3046 minute youtube youtube has flagged this as potential disturbing, but has not taken it down. it's been viewed more than 10 million dimes. richmond phillips, some breaking news right now, guilty of first degree murder in the what netta wright trial, the death of her and their child,

guilty on all counts, including the use of a handgun and child abuse. we'll have a live report from upper marlboro, jackie bensen is on the scene outside the courthouse, in just a few minutes. parents fight to get their kids into a state of the art school. but we'll look at what it means foria27 for what

could be a longiia27 parents are angry in oxonhill. a new high school being build on the same grounds is too small. all the students who go there won't fit inside. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins shows us how this happened. >> we will stand firm and make sure it doesn't happen. [ applause ] >> reporter: hundreds of parents piled into the high school last night. >> this is about politics. >> reporter: a new oxonhill high school is being built on the grounds of the current school, but it turns out the long-awaited $82 million is too small to house oxonhill's current enrollment, meaning 500 students will have to go to neighboring potomac high school next year.

>> i'm not happy about it. >> reporter: school officials say the financial crisis and reduction of students forced the state to change the county's plans for a larger school. >> what it ultimately came to is there were too many vacancies for the interagency committee to justify extending the funds to spend to built a school of the size originally requested. >> reporter: parents were also angry about rumors that the school's treasured science and technology program may be moved to help balance the number of students attending. officials promised the program would not be relocated. >> there's no recommendation to move the program. >> reporter: inside incoming freshman who live on specific streets will most likely be transferred when the new high school opens. >> there's a lot of open space. some not. i don't anticipate overcrowding. they have a brand-new wing with