. >> reporter: the fairfax county school board member elizabeth schultz disagrees. >> i think it's 100% politically motivated. international women's day is something that has been celebrated for years, but this is the co-opting of a day that is meant to celebrate women. instead, it is to supplant it with political motivation and for what end? what is it exactly these women are protesting? >> reporter: not everyone we spoke with was upset about having schools closing. kyle johnson and his mom decided to wear red today in support of a day without women. >> it's just another day off. i think it's really good they took the day off. they're not going to beb >> reporter: we spoke to officials from fairfax county, montgomery county as well as d.c. public schools today. they all told us they did not have a higher than normal number of staff request today off. coming up at 6:00, whether these kids need to make up the lost day of classes at the end of the year. in the newsroom, mark segraves, news 4. >>> and more now on the battle to replace obamacare and the controversy within the gop over the p