alvin crawley is now serving of deputy chief of programming in the office of special education in the d.c. school system. but is in transition and come september 4th will be starting as the interim superintendent for the prince george's school system. thank you for joining us this morning. >> good morning. it's a pleasure to be here. >> it's a pleasure to have you here. you have an impressive record. more than 30 years in education. worked in arlington, chicago, and boston. what brings you to prince george's county? >> i am really excited about the opportunity to be thetendent of george's county. i've had 32 years of educational experience. 17 years as an assistant superintendent. so i am ready to be the next superintendent of prince george's county. i look forward to working with our students and staff and parents here in prince george's county. >> all right. let's talk about the numbers. prince george's has made academic strides in recent years by scoring higher on state tests but it continues to lag behind other systems in the region. enrollment is also declining within the school

he is alvin crawley. the school board chair, regina jacobs said he will serve as interim director as they look for a new superintendent of schools. >>> next monday, classes start in the district, frederick and montgomery counties in maryland. tuesday ter labor day it is back to school for alexandria, as well as arlington, fairfax and prince william counties. >>> a man police suspect was high on pc pwill likely face charges. prince george's county police were called to barn by lane in oxen hill last night. that is where they found the unidentified man blood died and -- bloody, and acting erratically. officers shot the man with a taser, but that didn't work. >> the suspect made a threat he was going to kill the officer, and that is when the officer created this and drew his service weapon. >> authorities say the man's injuries are not life threatening. >>> some university of maryland students are started a petition to remove chick-fil-a from their online food court. group hopes to get 1000 signatures so muc

alvin crawley and he'll serve for the 2012/2013 school year. he's a veteran in the field. he comes from d.c. public schools. william hite left the top post last month for a job in philadelphia. >>> as one of the first systems to go back-to-school, prince george's county kids are enjoying their final weekend of summer. >> yeah, for them, i'm sure they want it to last really long. but believe it or not, there's fun to be had while preparing for monday's first day of school. derrick ward joins us from upper marlboro where kids can get free school supplies and health screenings. it looks like you picked up a little something, too. >> it's been decades since i have worn a backpack, but this is how i used to carry mine in school. bringing back memories. a lot of reasons to come here to the back-to-school fair. they're going to have health screenings. there will be parental workshops, school supplies and the backpacks. that's what's on tap here at the equestrian center. they expect 3,000 people to attend. this is a back-to-school fair. a lot of kids say it is not fair, but you ca

. >> the school board has selected alvin crawley from the d.c. public school system to come in and be the interim superintendent. his first day is september 4th and they begin the search for a full time superintendent shortly. back to you. >> thanks, melanie. >>> new this morning, prince george county police are investigating a police-involved shooting. it happened late last night on bar that by lane. officers say the suspect became combative. he told an officer that he would kill him. that's when an officer opened fire. the suspect is suffering from nonlife-threatening injuries. police say he was high on pcp. >>> the capitol hill father brutally beaten over the weekend is in critical condition. thomas maslin was found unconscious in front of a house on north carolina avenue. the 29-year-old was walking home after spending the night out with friends at a baseball game. he was just blocks away from his house. >> he was the last person you would think this would happen to. it's heart-breaking. he is a young dad just like us breaking in on the hill

alvin crawley replacing former superintendent william heath. he stepped down to run philadelphia. >>> diana nyad is said to be swimming strong as she continues her effort to become the first person to swim from cuba to florida without a shark cage. her team said that a storm blew her off course temporarily and she was stung by jellyfish. conditions are better today. >> on wall street today, stocks ended flat. the dow shaved off about four points. neither the nasdaq nor s&p 500 had any virtual change. >> for the first time ever, the augusta national golf club will open this fall with female members. the home of at masters invited former secretary of state condoleeza rice and south carolina darla moore to join. nbc's jay gray has a look at the first women who will be donning the club's green jackets. >> for eight decades, augusta national has only opened gates to male members until today. >> they liked what they had and didn't want anybody to change it. they wanted to keep it the way it was. they were wrong. >> but today the club revealed former

alvin crawley, deputy chief of programming for the district's special education office, he's going to take over on september 4th. he will replace william hite who had stepped down to lead the philadelphia school system. the school board is expected to select a permanent replacement by next spring. >> time for a weather check now. fox 5's gary mcgrady joining us in the weather center. a little wet today. what can we expect the rest of the week? >> we have some showers out there now, tom, but it's nothing like what we were having earlier. we'll go right over to radar to show you the little bit of rainfall that we have concentrated from the city back out along 66. this is not very heavy at all. we zoom in a little tighter. the heaviest of these showers from vienna back down to annandale. they continue to move just a little bit, mainly up to the north, to the northeast just a bit, very light rain through parts of d.c. let me show you there's still rain in the forecast in the bigger picture. we're seeing more rain gathering farther back out to the west, western parts of virginia and into w

alvin crawley. parents have an opportunity to weigh in on who should be the permanent replacement. there is a moving forward forum tomorrow at bowie high school and another one on august 30th at northwestern high. both will be starting at 6:30 in the evening. >>> a cool and damp start for kids returning to school. >> how is the week go to go look? >> most of us dried out and others have seen more rain in the afternoon. that's what we're seeing there now. starting to make its way our way. as we look outside, look at the numbers. 80 degrees the current temperature out at the airport under partly to mostly cloudy skies. wind out of south at 10 miles per hour. temperatures around the region, much cooler than we have been most of the summer and much cooler than it's been the last few days. look at winchester, only 64. 67 in martinsburg. we've got that rain moving through. it is a line of showers and thunderstorms. a closer look showing that rain around warrenton in through fauquier county. that's moving east along 66. up to the north around the frederick area seeing rain. that rain movi

. >>> alvin crawley has been named interim superintendent. he is deputy chief of programming for the special education office. he will take over september 4th. >>> all right. taking it outside now, a little bit of everything day. sprinkles, overcast and sun. >> not so hot. nice change, gary. >> we like that. bring it on, right. temperatures in the low 80s, upper 70s. showers and thunderstorms out to the west of us here in the city tonight. we go first to radar. this is the live radar to show you where everything is -- i lied. let me turn on the live radar. i was looking at something else. you see the showers and thunderstorms coming in our direction. they are moving off to the east about 15 to 20 miles per hour. there is heavy rain embedded in some this. i do not see anything that is too terribly strong or severe showing up. that is good news. in some cases, good old- fashioned rain is what we are looking at. as we scott in tighter, the strongest is coming out of fauquier into western sections of prince william county and, again, movement her

alvin crawley. top level administrator of d.c. public schools. he has worked in education for more than 30 years. he's worked in arlington, chicago, and boston. he's an author. his first day will be september 4th. there's also a new school this year, greenbet middle school. the new building cost $63.3 million since construction began in 2010 if new two-story building will serve approximately 1,000 students in grades 6-8. for the first time weeks of school, students from laurel elementary will get a taste of middle school. they will be joining the students at greenbelt middle as construction continues on their school. nbc4 was proud to cosponsor imc, prince george's back to school fair on saturday. thousands of students, parents, and teachers gathered forgive aways and prizes and they just had an allout pep rally that was a lot of fun to get the kids ready for this coming school year. now, the board of education wants to make sure that parents will be included as they start the search for permanent replacement for superintendent. they're going to

at 6:30 alvin crawley will talk to tracee wilkins. >>> today's annual backpacks for kids campaign. we're collecting backpacks and school supplies for needy students in our area. you can stop by the apple federal credit union kings town branch in alexandria 6:00 a.m. until noon. you can donate online at nbcwashington.com or mail us a check. >> great cause. want to make sure the kids have everything they need to get the school year started. >>> 5:51. time for weather and traffic on the ones. >> just like back to school weather. really autominal around the region. that is a live view from our hd city camera. right now, 67. reagan national, but it's not too humid. low level humidity. many locations around virginia. open fields there. it is getting a little foggy this morning. some of the patchy fog under the clearing skies. especially off to our west around the piedmont of vinch and upper maryland. mountains, many locations this morning are down into the 50s. all these areas are dark green. 50s, including northern suburbs and western maryland. much of west virginia, shenandoah valley.

alvin crawley. he will serve the county for the 2012-2013 school year.-year veteran in the education field. he comes from the d.c. public schools. he'll start on tuesday september 4th. william height left the top post last month for a job in philadelphia. >>> and there was a ride to remember today in honor of the victims, survivors and heroes of the september 11th terrorist attacks. motorcycles lined up and drivers rode hundreds of miles today for the tribute. the rides started this morning in somerset, pennsylvania. here the riders are headed through historic downtown leesburg. they then headed on to arlington, where they visited the pentagon and then they'll leave for new york tomorrow. the 9/11 foundation ride says it holds the event in august to leave the sites free for families and survivors in september. >>> a happy homecoming for a wounded warrior and his family today. they got the keys to their brand new home here in ft. washington today. it's thanks to operation home front, the non-profit group provides financial aid for families of deployed ser

. >> alvin crawley has been named interim superintendent. he's served as deputy chief of programming for the district's special education office. he'll take over september 4th. >>> robert griffin, iii critiquing his play during saturday's loss in chicago. up next we'll hear from the skins' quarterback plus an update on some of the key players who were injured. we're back after this.  [ male announcer ] you paid in to medicare for years. every paycheck. now, when you need it obama has cut $716 billion dollars from medicare. why? to pay for obamacare. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed healthcare is going to a massive new government program that's not for you. the romney-ryan plan protects medicare benefits for today's seniors and strengthens the plan for the next generation. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. and strengthens the plan for the next generation. but somewhere along the way, something went horribly wrong. george allen voted for trillions in debt while voting to raise his pay four times, then

alvin crawley is taking the place for height. he'll run the school system there. he has been an educator for 32 years and has spent 17 as assistant superintendent. earlier this morning in an interview you saw first on 4, tracee wilkins spoke to crawley about the challenges the county is facing, including declining enrollment and below average test scores. >> we are making gains and we continue to focus on those areas and then look at specific areas where we're having some difficulty and make adjustments there. so, i think we're well on track and in terms of student achievement, we'll continue to focus on making sure that all of our students are provided a ric experience. >> if you'd like to meet crawley in person, you can do that tonight in bowie high school or northwestern high school. both start at 6:30 p.m. >>> even though school has started, we are still collecting backpacks and school supplies for needy students in our area. it's news 4 annual backpack for kids campaign. angie goff is live in the alexandria section of fairfax with details for us. good morning

alvin crawley, a high ranking administrator has been named the interim superintendent. the prince george's county school board president says the permanent position is still very much open. >> dr. crawley can very much apply for the permanent position, but we want to make sure we have the right amount of community engagement, make sure it's a transparent process and our community is engaged in helping to select the next person. >> parents will have an opportunity to weigh in because there will be a moving forward forum tomorrow at bowie high and another one on august 30th at northwestern high. both will be starting at 6:30. >>> coming up in the broadcast tonight, history made on the green in augusta. >> a surfing dog is being celebrated for a lot more than doing that. >>> how are we looking, doug? you. >> watching the rain tonight. take an umbrella with you. i'll let you know when the i'[ male announcer ] you paid in to medicare for years. every paycheck. now, when you need it obama has cut $716 billion dollars from medicare. why? to pay for obamacare. so now the money

alvin crawley, the deputy chief of programming for the district's special education office, will take over september 4th. he'll be replacing superintendent william hite who stepped down to lead the philadelphia school system. the school board is expected to select a permanent replace am by next spring. >>> you -- replacement by next spring. >>> you might notice a few changes in airline flight patterns in the next couple weeks. bwi thurgood marshall airport is shutting down a runway for twoonths because of a construction project that will close the runway starting tomorrow. it is one of two major commercial runways at bwi. the other will stay open. >>> dozens of history buffs are getting the chance to get on board a world war ii air bomber. the fully restored b17 flying fortress was on display in leesburg executive airport. for the first time some world war ii veterans are opening up about their fighter moth experiences. here interest our story. >> my claim is fame is i learned to fly an airplane before i could drive a car. after the landings in normandy general eisenhower directed tha

in the interim, the school system has named alvin crawley from the d.c. public school system tyke over as the interim superintendent. he has been in education for 32 years. now on the road, parents who are driving their kids to school and also motorists around the schools do want to be aware that speed cameras which had been turned off during the summer will be reactivated. and speaking of transportation, there will also be some transportation and schedule changes for the students as well. middle schools will e adding 40 minutes on to their instructional day. some will see that in the beginning, some in the end. part of it is to see those who are you go having to make grades a little more time to for instructional time. that will allow them to match up a little bit better with the schedule for the high schools and they the transportation department will now allow some bus sharing between middle schools and high schools and they say that will help them save at least five million dollars in transportation kses, hopefully money that they can put right back i