dr. hite has come to us with -- we worked with dr. hite as a deputy superintendent over the last few years. i'm not interested in turnover now. i'm interested in how we go forward. >> reporter: prince george's reported friday that 1300 students still were without clear schedules down from 8,000 on monday. >> we anticipate we are going to have this -- through working over the weekend that we will have students with the schedule by monday. >> you are listening to a special education summit. back-to-school summit. >> reporter: on wtop radio friday, three area school leaders were sympathetic observers. >> great deal of sympathy. last thing you want do is start school without kids and with schedules and in the classroom. glad we don't have that issue. >> i have every bit confidence that bill hite, superintendent, will work it out. it is his first year. got to give him a shot at this. and my first year, ten years ago, hi the same issue when i came in. >> when i came in and had my first school opening we had hundreds of kids at the high schoo

dr. hite says the school system will offer additional instructional time in class and also some review packets for students to use in school and also saturday walk-in study sessions. back to you all. >> thank you, tracee. >>> two virginia tech students found shot and killed at a popular campground. a man was walking his dog. he found their bodies. the students are david metzler of lynchburg and heidi childs from forest, virginia. the two were at the jefferson national forest about 15 miles from the virginia tech campus. police described their deaths as violent and say the students appear to be innocent victims. >> come down for the purpose of what appears to be just to, to either neck or just star-watch or have a private conversation and this type of event occurs, you know, it's unwarranted, uncalled for. >> police say they believe this is a randomcrime. a memorial service for the students will take place at virginia tech. >> prince george's county police have conducted another raid on a pawn

we were cognizant to really try to keep those reductions away from classrooms and schools. >> but dr. hitethere is good news too. take a listen. >> we're very excited that we're going to open a new performing arts school in the southern part of the county and we also have three other k-8 schools that will be opening in prince george's county this fall. >> advanced placement courses are available at every prince george's county high school. >>> the fight against hiv and aids takes to the street this is weekend. the whitman walker clinic says 5-6% of d.c.'s population is living with aids or. this weekend wkys radio personality big tigger is heading up his ride for life and we are a proud sponsor. thousands of bikers are expected to attend. it started sunday at rfk and sends at six flags america at noon. for more information head to myvoicedc.com. >>> and its clock is ticking on the cash for clunkers program. >>> plus changes to your credit card statement may make your head spin. we'll explain it all. >>> the race for governor isn't close, but creigh deeds isn't throwing in the towel yet. doe

. >> dr. hite says the problem was caused by a computer system called school map. he says they are reviewing their contract with that company to see if there are damages that can be recovered because of this. >>> a local museum may be the new home for an historical artifact from america's civil era. the casket emmett till was buried in may be sent to the smith seasonian's museum of african museum history and culture. it is set to open in d.c. in 2015 15. emility till was the teenager lynched in mississippi allegedly for whistng at a white woman. the casket held till's body from his death in 1955 until the body was exhumed in 2005 for an fbi investigation into accomplices in that murder. >>> still ahead in our broadcast, fires still burning in northern and southern california. >> we will tell why you shuttle "discovedelayed yet again.ch de lad yet again. >>> good evening. bob ryan, storm center 4. few rain showers our way. but ready or not, this is not what rain showers are up in canada today, this is what they were dealing with. this is labrador. i know. you are no

. >> reporter: dr. hite says he's taking an all hands on approach now. students need to show up tomorrow so the staff can manually create proper schedules. there's 40,000 students throughout all the county public high schools. he says the vast majority today were in their proper classes. >> hopefully things will be much shooter tomorrow. -- smoother tomorrow. >>> d.c. students headed back to class today as well. school officials made a big push for early enrollment and it paid off. there were 37,000 students enrolled on the first day of school compared to 15,000 last year. pta members greeted parents today handing out face masks. parents are concerned about fumes from last-minute painting and construction at the burroughs school. tests showed everything was within acceptable levels. >>> bliss tonight looking for the man and woman they say robbed the pnc bank this weekend in crofton. a teller says a woman walked in, took a bank deposit slip, looked around and left. a short time later a man walked in, handed the slip to the teller with a note demanding cas

dr. william hite. he's bringing some changes. there will be eight new kindergarten through eighth grade schools this year, also a new performing arts school opening up in the southern end of the county, also some new bus technology as well. we'll have a live demonstration showing you more about that and also a conversation with the superintendent coming up a little later. i'm tracee wilkins, live in brandywine. joe, back to you in the studio. >> thanks very much. look forward to that. >>> one big concern as students head back to school, of course, is the swine flu. the swine flu's already claimed six deaths in maryland, and the world health organization predicts there will be an outbreak of swine flu in the near future. a vaccine to treat the flu is currently in clinical trials, and one of the largest trials is under way right now at the university of maryland. that vaccine should be available sometime in october. maryland governor martin o'malley will hold a news conference this morning to talk about swine flu preparations. our

dr. william hite with the readiness of this school district and any challenges that might still lie aheadng. >> good morning. >> nice to see you today. >> good to be here. >> i know you are swamped and getting ready for the beginning of school. how is it going? >> it is going well. this is an exciting time for us to welcome 130,000 students back to school. and so we're very excited. we have spent a lot of time this summer preparing schools and preparing staff members for the turn of our -- return of our students. >> it doesn't stop for you guys. >> no, it didn't. >> let's get this out of the way, first. any budget problems to talk about. the superintendent of montgomery county was here yesterday and this seems to be the big thorn in the side. everybody dealing with the down economy. how is the school system faring going into the next year. >> we have made some tough decisions since the last time we talked about or visited that budget and there have been some revenue shortfalls in the state that resulted in some revenue shortages for us in prince george's county. and that means that we hav

dr. william hite about what is new and any challenges that students and staff may face due to budget restrictions. >> we have a reduction in taff of about 700 positions that we did not have last year. however, we were cognizant to really try to keep those reductions away from classrooms and away from schools. >> but there is some good news too. >> we're very excited that we're going to open a new performing arts school in the southern part of the county and we also have three other k-8 schools that will be opening in prince george's county this fall. >> here is more good news. advance place courses are available at every prince george's high school. >>> the government wants to know if classified information including the identify of c.i.a. officers was given to detainees at guantanamo bay. an investigation is under way to see if military lawyers gave out the information. it is a violation of military commission rules to reveal classified information even to defendants. >>> former homeland security -- former homeland security official tom ridge says he was pressured to raise the terror alert level

dr. william hite says students will be given permanent schedules on monday after a scheduling mishap forced high schoolers into gyms from a software glitch left them without any schedules. school board members voiced their concerns at a meeting. >> for us to go out on the first day of school and not know anything about this, not to be given any types of heads up or prewarning and to have a news station approach us and let us know what is going on is absolutely unacceptable. >> we understand the hardship that this has createfor ma of our families and i accept full responsibility for this, offer our sincere apologies. >> it's not clear yet when the system will be fixed. >>> the battle with pepco heats up. earlier this week the d.c. office of the people's council said 43% of the high heating bills were due to faulty meters. pepco says it wants to see the data to back up those claims. >>> it may take longer to wrap up the investigation into this mess. last year a water main ruptured turning river road into a raging river. investigators now say that daily inspection records might have been accid

to prince george's county now, a first week back at school, first year for their superintendent, dr. hite. massive confusion. a lot of kids were kept out of class by some type of computer problem. they didn't have their schedules printed out. what a way to start the year. >> makes you think of the district. >> we can go there, too. but the sad thing about here -- one student, i believe, high school said, well, gee, they had all summer to fix it. well, she's right. because the officials, meaning the teachers, complained last year that they were having problems. and that there was some types of, what, snafus in the system. and all summer went by. then at the last minute, they depended on the system to get all these schedules out. 4,000 -- actually, at first it was 8,000, then it dropped down to 4,000 students. that's a lot of students to try to scheduled. like a lot of the teachers said, we can't even handle this because they were sitting in auditoriums, sitting in gyms. the fact is that somebody did not do their job in checking out this particular data system before they got started. >> i

dr. william hite says students will ermanent sch this comes after a scheduling mishap affected 8,000 studentshigh schoolers were forced to clam into gyms and auditoriums because they didn't have the schedules. counselors ended up having to do the work by hand. it is not clear when the system will be fixed. >>> coming up next, it is friday and that means we are checking out what is at the movies. >> kevin mccarthy tell us what is worth the price of admission. om> it has been th stompi ground of so-called american royalty. we'll tell you what the future hold for the condition did i compound coming up. for the kennedy compound coming up. come on in. where getting a new vehicle is easy. because the price on the tag is the icpapru yoy. ne the price you pay. you'll find low, straightforward pricing on remaining '08 and '09 models. including eight that fer epa-estimated borter. es per gallon y hiwaetgh highway. get it now for around $21,500 after all offers. go tchevy.com/openhouse for more details. >>> the kennedy compound will become a museum and educational center. it served ads a summer white ho

dr. william hite. >>> the time now is 7:39. a rising track and field star facing a strange request.to the scene and dominated recent races but some are wondering if she's one of the guys. bizarre story coming up next. >>> and also ahead there is not a lot you can get for a dollar these days. except how you can get your hands on tickets for tomorrow night's game for less than a cost of a soda at a vending machine. that's coming up next on fox 5 morning news. >>> we to you about this one earlier, the woman in africa that was pregnant with 12 babies, but it turns out that's a lie. the 30-year-old woman claiming to be expecting six boys and six girls is not pregnant and claims the woman is suffering from mental problems. medical records could not be found experts say a 12 baby pregnancy is nearly impossible. >>> and out of track and field, this is caster seminnia. she won the 800-meter race, setting a world record, but now she's said to undergo tracks by the track and field federation. not for performance enhancers, but to make sure she is a woman, prompted by her masculine frame and fa

dr. william hite says students will be given permanent schedules by monday. earlier this week a quarter of the county high schoolers were forced to cram into gyms while counselors did the work by hand. apparently a computer software glitch in a new program called school max left them without schedules. some voiced their concerns at a meeting. >> for us to go out on a first day of school and not to know anything about this and not given a heads up or prewarning and to have a new station approach us and let us know what is going on is unacceptable. >> we understand the hardship this has created for many families and accept full responsibility for this, offer our sincere apologies. >> it is not clear yet when the system will be fixed. >>> 7:10 right now. 76 degrees on friday morning. >>> michael vick makes his debut. the new eagles quarterback saw his first game action since 06 last night. and the philly crowd, and how they handled his return. >>> and a live look at jfk library and museum where thousand have paid their final farewell. we have more just ahead. it